In 1968, I was 28 years old and living in Lamar Terrace in Memphis, Tennessee. Lamar Terrace was a place where people who did not have a lot of money lived. I had 2 kids and worked at Whol Shoes Factory. A typical day for me was going to work where I shipped out shoes and then watching my 2 kids. The people in Memphis in the 60s was more focused on their jobs and were not focused on electronics like the people of Memphis today. Living in Memphis in the 60s is different from today because there was not that much crime, no 24 hour watch, no bars on windows, and Memphis was safer. The day King was assassinated, It was a normal day and I was working at Whol Shoe Factory. After he was shot, the whole city was closed and a 7 p.m curfew was enforced and every was forced to go home. I was screaming and I was upset and I felt numb and hurt because King promoted peaceful protests and tried to help other people like sanitation workers. My friends and people I knew were sad and mad. They wanted to find the shooter and have justice. Things did not change that much but if people were out after curfew, they were arrested because they were more than likely looting. The night after King was shot, I went straight home and discussed distraught before the National Guard came. There seemed to to be a lot of unrest in the city. Before King's death, I thought King was a great man with a powerful message. After King's death, I thought King was an even greater man because of the impact he had on the people in Memphis. King's death brought blacks together and people respected each other more. Because of King's death, sanitation workers got raises and peoples attitudes changed because of his nonviolent message.