Letting Our Fingers Do the Marching

So, the old news is the Jena 6 movement, the events that transpired in that small southern town. The news today is a message for the generation that marched and sang with Martin Luther King, Jr.. The civil rights movement(or as I also like to call it human rights/human dignity movement) is not defunct or in a state of repose but is alive and well, with new vigor (I pray) and a renewed sense of justice. The almost mythical leaders of the Civil Rights era appeared to have been caught off guard by the public's response to the incidents, possibly because the internet is where much of this particular movement and protest was organized and articulated. This is a youth movement and the youth are communicating their discontent more with their fingers than their feet. Blogging in conjunction with mass emails and sophisticated networking is the new medium for change. Just ask the youth to show you the way.