The person that I interviewed is Jasmine T.. I interviewed her about Martin Luther King's assassination and this is what she told me. She lived in Memphis TN from the time she was eight years old. The first question I asked her was, "What was it like?” and she said ”at the time, it was hard for African Americans because the white people discriminated based on color. The white people think the black people were only made to work for the white people.” Then, I asked her to describe her life in 1968. She said, "I was eight years old in 1968 and I lived with my mother and father. I had two brothers and one sister I was the youngest one. I remember that I loved to play with my sister and brothers. I remember playing hide and seek in the house. That time was bad for us but for me I liked it in the house that we lived in; too small with only two rooms, one bath, and a small kitchen. We lived in an all black neighborhood but we were a strong community that took care of each other. I don't remember what stands out about living in Memphis in 1968. My life in 1968 was not bad and not good; I was an eight year old girl with no cares but for my parents and brothers it was much harder as they discriminated against in all parts of life because color. I remember going to a school for only black people. It was not nice of their like schools for the white people but at the time not all kids even got to go to school so that was something the my dad would tell us, that we were lucky to have the opportunity to go to school and learn something. I remember that my sister and I could only go with my mother to the store. We had to go to a store that was only for black people because we were not allowed to go to a white store. My dad and my two brothers worked cleaning yards and that was a hard job but the only job they could get during that time and at least they earned a decent wage. Today all people are equal and have the same opportunities and rules but in 1968 only the white people had opportunities because of money and power.” Next, I asked her what she remembered about the day King was assassinated and this is what she told me. ”What did I remember about the day King was assassinated? I remember hearing that Martin Luther King was in Memphis and that he was going to try to freed black people of discrimination. We also heard about the Church he would visit. That clay my mother wanted to go but my dad told her not to go. We heard he would speak about discrimination and how the white people were treating the black people unfairly. And then the next day, when we heard he had been killed we were devastated, sad, and mad all at the same time. It seemed like all hope was lost because he was our only chance of equality. And, I remember clearly being in the kitchen with mother having dinner with my father as well when the news came to us.” Further I asked her about all others reactions around her and she told me the following. ”All the people around me were sad as well because of his death." I followed that question with this. ”Describe the night after King was shot?" And, she said "l did not know him but I thought that he was going to save us and after his death I was mad and sad because we did not get what we were waiting, wishing, and hoping for. Did my life change at all after his death? Yes, a lot! It changed a lot for all black people because he was the picture of the power of people to come from nothing to be something greater than them and make real change in the world. He became hope and many others followed in his footsteps and finally change did come. My mother, after this event, she believed that one day she would be treated the same as a white woman. And, my father, he never accepted the hope and still believed he would was would be treated unfairly in relation to white people mostly in relation to work. The attitude of others around us mimicked both my mother and father's perspective but I always believed in the hope and the idea that one day we would all be equal and there would be no difference between black and white. And today, I think we have come a long way but there is still more to do.”