Fine article, Mr. Martin. Sadly, I remembered the day several years ago that my then 10-year-old asked me, with eyes opened so wide, if it was true that not too long ago black people weren't allowed to eat in restaurants and had to ride in the backs of buses. She had never seen this here in California, and one of her best friends was black. Her reaction to that truth, the astonishment on her face and her tears, made me sure that in her generation, a change would come. She referred to her group of friends as the "rainbow friends". Change has come and isn't it beautiful.