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Whitney Young

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American civil rights leader

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1921 to 1971 · aged 49
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Whitney Moore Young Jr. was an American civil rights leader. Trained as a social worker, 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...

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Martin Luther King Jr., Lyndon Johnson and Whitney Young at the White House (1964)Martin Luther King Jr., Lyndon Johnson and Whitney Young at the White House (1964)Civil rights leaders meet with President John F. KennedyCivil rights leaders meet with President John F. KennedyYoung receives "The Treatment" from President Johnson (1966)Young receives "The Treatment" from President Johnson (1966)Whitney YoungWhitney Young

Awards 1

1969Presidential Medal of Freedom

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Whitney Moore Young Jr. was an American civil rights leader. Trained as a social worker, 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. Young was influential in the United States federal government's War on Poverty in the 1960s.

Country
United States
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 1971 · aged 49
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