Whitney Young
(1921-1971)
American civil rights leader
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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.
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31 July 1921 Shelby County, Kentucky, United States
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| Died |
11 March 1971 (aged 49) Lagos, Nigeria
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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