If his death is what gets people to think about race and overcome prejudice, then she can accept it. She takes solace in knowing that she left nothing unsaid to her son. He knew she loved him. He knew she was proud of him. He knew that he was the center of her world.
Some parents can spend a full lifetime never quite reaching their children.
At times now, she has a feeling of warm comfort, as if he's sitting there next to her, stroking her hair the way he did days before he died. Cornel Young Jr. on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Fourth Baptist Church and Sunday, Feb 4, at 5 p.m. at St. Michael's Catholic Church.