I think I'm getting a migraine.

Tina Cheatham, 24, was among thousands expected to turn out in support of the Jena Six. The event was heavily promoted on black Web sites, blogs, radio and publications.missed the civil rights marches at Selma, Montgomery and Little Rock, but she had no intention of missing another brush with history.

"It was a good chance to be part of something historic since I wasn't around for the civil rights movement. This is kind of the 21st century version of it," she said.

This is the wrong reason to be an activist, or at least a poor way of articulating why you think something is important.