Whitney Young
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1921 – 1971
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Who was Whitney Young?
Whitney Moore Young Jr. 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 fought for equitable access to socioeconomic opportunity for the historically disenfranchised.
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- Born
- Jul 31, 1921
Lincoln Ridge - Also known as
- Whitney Moore Young Jr
- Parents
- Spouses
- Margaret Buckner
(1946 - 1971/03/11)
- Margaret Buckner
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Kentucky State University
- Harvard University
- University of Minnesota
- Lived in
- Kentucky
- Omaha
- Died
- Mar 11, 1971
Lagos
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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