Whitney Young

Whitney Moore Young, Jr. (July 31, 1921 – March 11, 1971) was an American civil rights leader.He spent most of his career working to end employment discrimination in the United States and turning the National Urban League from a relatively passive civil rights organization into one that aggressively worked for equitable access to socioeconomic opportunity for the historically disenfranchised.

Personal facts

Whitney Young
Alias (AKA)Whitney Young
Birth dateJuly 31, 1921
Birth nameWhitney Moore Young Jr.
Birth place
Kentucky , Shelby County Kentucky , United States
Date of deathMarch 11, 1971
Place of death
Nigeria , Lagos
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Minnesota
Kentucky State University

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External resources

  1. http://wmy.wharton.upenn.edu
  2. http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/ky2.htm
  3. http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=43988
  4. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1136
  5. http://www.ket.org/cgi-local/fw_comment.exe/db/ket/dmps/Programs?do=topic&topicid=LOUL110045&id=LOUL
  6. http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/oralhistory.hom/YoungW/YoungW.asp
  7. http://www.whitneyyoungfilm.com
  8. http://www.wmyconference.com