Trimming lettuce in the produce department of a supermarket in my hometown at the time. I will NEVER forget it.
I also remember where I was when Malcom X was killed. I was being shown how to play pool by a group of black guys while I was stationed in Germany. A young black GI slammed open the door and screamed what had happened and said he was going to go kill a white guy. Five seconds after he left the door opened and he said—”sorry Petey”. We all just continued to play pool as if nothing had happened.
I also remember where I was when Malcom X was killed.
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I was 5 when JFK was killed. I don’t remember a thing.
But I was 10 when MLK was killed. My older brother came bursting in the house yelling “Martin Luther King’s been killed!”
I’ll never forget that. At that time we were living in the suburbs of DC. We didn’t dare go into the district after that.