I interviewed my Aunt and my Grandmother who both had very interesting facts about the early 1960's when MLK was assassinated. I learned about how the 1960's where very similar to the present 2014 except for technology . In those days you had to hang dry clothes, there was no cable television, and there were only three channels to watch and after 11pm. all television was cut off.
They vividly described the marches and protest that were in the streets of Memphis. There was a lot of rioting, because (based on the interview) MLK preached about nonviolent protesting against racism, discrimination, unfair treatment of African Americans, and segregation. I also learned the MLK was a very fearless, brave, intelligent, and religious man. Many people thought he was a great leader for the African American community.
Another thing that I learned after the interview that I thought was interesting was the fact that the black community thought it was the mayor and city officials fault that MLK was assassinated. After the assassination of MLK there was a lot of emotions inside the black community in Memphis. After MLK died there was less segregation in Memphis and slowly across the U. S.