Leslye Colvin is a writer, contemplative activist and social commentator. She is a graduate of the Living School for Action and Contemplation and writes from her African-American Catholic heart at Leslye's Labyrinth.
Commentary: Today, decades after the civil rights movement, I often wonder how I would have participated during that time if I had not been a young child. Growing up, I knew that my faith community was larger than my local Alabama Catholic parish.