it isn t about colin powell and the colin powell school as it is named, it s about the kids. it s about the youngsters who come here seeking a better life, seeking to make their parents proud, seeking to be good citizens, seeking to do what they can for their fellow citizens. that s what it s all about. so many barriers have changed from those days in 1954 when i think you once told me when you were courting alma, your wife and driving down to birmingham, you couldn t stop at a public rest station or diner. couldn t stop. they were only a few places along that way that you could stop from here down south. those things have changed. what hasn t changed as we think about black history? let s start with the reality that a lot has changed. my goodness, at the look at the african-american leaders we have in corporate america and political america, that we have in military america, we should