I'm still a bit stunned by the "breaking news" that headed the late newscast tonight -- Civil Rights matriarch Rosa Parks has passed away at the age of 92. She has been known as the mother of the Civil Rights movement since she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in December 1955. The movement culminated in the 1964 federal Civil Rights Act, which banned racial discrimination in public accommodations. Sadly, I don't think most kids today -- black or white -- understand the importance of her actions, the influence she had and the way she shaped this nation. May her deeds never be forgotten!
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