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Whitney Moore Young Jr. (July 31, 1921 – March 11, 1971) was an American civil rights leader.
Whitney Young was an American civil rights leader who, as head of the National Urban League from 1961 to 1971, spearheaded the drive for equal opportunity for Black people in U.S. industry and government service. Through his advocacy of a “Domestic Marshall Plan”—providing significant financial aid.
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Whitney Young was one of the most celebrated and controversial leaders of the civil rights era. As head of the National Urban League, he fought for the right...
Whitney M. Young Jr. Executive Director, National Urban League. "Someone has to work within the system to change it" was how Whitney Young often explained his own position and the National Urban League’s role in the struggle for equality.
May 14, 2018 · During the civil rights movement of the 1960s, Whitney M. Young, Jr., was an articulate and complex leader who held a sometimes uncomfortable position between black radicals who urged faster and more dramatic changes and the white liberals who financed the movement.
President of the Omaha Chapter of the National Urban League in 1950, he helped black workers get jobs previously reserved only for whites. In 1961, at age 40, he was elected Executive Director and transformed the traditionally cautious National Urban League into an organization at the forefront of the American Civil Rights Movement.
Feb 17, 2013 · “ The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights,” Monday on PBS’s “Independent Lens,” revisits the contributions of a less-celebrated member, Whitney M. Young Jr. In doing so it...
Whitney M. Young Magnet High School. Located in a contemporary facility just north of the University of Illinois at Chicago, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School (WY) has a tradition of academic excellence and ethnic and cultural diversity.
Mar 19, 2007 · Whitney Young’s programs for integration and racial justice were explained in two books he authored, To Be Equal (1964) and Beyond Racism (1969). Young increased the budget of the National Urban League and created thousands of new jobs for African Americans.
