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Whitney Young Biography

Whitney Young aka Whitney Moore Young Jr.
Whitney Young
Whitney Moore Young Jr.
Born: 1921-07-31
Birthplace: Shelby County, Kentucky
Died: 1971-03-11
Location of Death: Lagos, Nigeria,
Cause of Death: Accident - Drowning

Race: Black
Religion: Unitarian
Field: Activist
Famous for: African-American civil rights leader

Field: Activist

Whitney Young 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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