March 2017 Daughter of civil rights icon


encourages students to ‘lift every voice’ “It’s like


being


daughter. My dad


dad,” she said.


It wasn’t until her teenage years that she realized and began to understand appreciate


and the


work her father was doing


BY S. BOOTH, KSU STUDENT Dr. Marcia Young Cantarella


The daughter of the renowned


civil rights activist, Whitney M. Young Jr., Dr. Marcia Young Cantarella gave a moving speech during Black History Month in Bradford Auditorium as part of


the Living Legends Convocation Series at Kentucky State University.


State college


Young graduated from Kentucky College in 1941. During his years, he met Margaret


Buckner, who was later to become his wife. As Dr. Cantarella’s father was making a


name for himself


fighting employment discrimination and transforming the National Urban League into an energetic


rights organization, Dr. Cantarella grew up as a normal child should.


social-civil for


African-Amer- icans. Because of her family background


and


her efforts to uphold their legacy of being engaged, she was exposed to greater opportunities such as meeting President Lyndon Baines


Johnson


and working as an intern for Bobby Kennedy.


Visiting Kentucky State


University’s campus brought back memories for Dr. Cantarella.


She loves to meet with students, and the campus makes her think back to when her parents attended the Frankfort, Kentucky, institution.


At convocation, Dr. Cantarella gave a speech based on the Negro National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” She encourages to students to speak up and be engaged in their classes. Cantarella believes that college is a “dress rehearsal for life.”


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