As I awoke on the morning of April 4, 1968, everything in my life was going well. I had a good job working at JC Penny's in the jewelry department, I had a beautiful wife and three kids, and the day was starting like any other, however this was the day that Memphis would forever be changed. As I sat eating lunch in the Sterick building in downtown Memphis I heard that Martin Luther King Jr. Had been assassinated. I looked out the window and I could see the crowds beginning to form. Protesters, police, and uniformed workers were all downtown and the city was in complete turmoil. This tragedy came as a huge shock to me and those around me and I had always thought King to be a smart, well educated man. For me though, nothing really changed in the weeks that came. Life went on for me and my family and I continued to enjoy life in Memphis, though it was a shame that this city would forever bear the mark of that act.