Oral+History+Reflection

TOPIC- MLK Assassination

Interview Subject- My Grandma

I knew a little bit about the MLK Assassination like where it took place, but I was suprised about all the uproar across the nation. Her feelings back at the time when it happened helped me to understand how these riots that followed affected the normal people in the community and how important MLK was to the black people. The violence that occurred in Chicago will forever be haunt the people who were there. The city will forever remember what happened there, and the after affects are still there.

It made me realize how worried people were about violence and how much danger people were in during these nationwide riots. I learned that the white people really did appreciate the anti-violent protests that MLK led, which is the exact opposite of what many people thought.

In summary, my interview gave me a better perspective of the effects of the MLK Assassination had nationally and how the riots and MLK's Assassination still live on in people's minds and memories still today.