WHITNEY M YOUNG- NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE

NAME OF LEADER	DESCRIPTION
WHITNEY YOUNG	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.

NAME OF SITE	DESCRIPTION	CITY	STATE
WHITNEY YOUNG BIRTHPLACE	HOUSE	SHELBY COUNTY	KENTUCKY
EDUCATION	LINCOLN INSITUTE	SIMPSONVILLE	KENTUCKY
EDUCATION	KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY	FRANKFORT	KENTUCKY
EDUCATION	CREIGTON UNIVERSITY	OMAHA	NEBRASKA
TRAINED	MASSACHUETTS INSITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	CAMBRIDGE	MASSACHUSSETTS
YOUNG BECAME THE PRESIDENT	NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE’S	OMAHA	NEBRASKA
WHITNEY YOUNG JOINED HIS WIFE	UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	MINNEOPLIS AND ST PAUL	MINNESOTA
EDUCATION	FIRST DEAN OF SOCIAL WORK AT ATLANTA UNIVERSITY	ATLANTA	GEORGIA
TAUGHT	UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA	LINCOLN	NEBRASKA
DEATHPLACE	WHILE SWIMMING IN A BEACH	LAGOS	NIGERIA
BURIAL CEMETRY	FERNCLIFF CEMETRY & MASEOULM	HARTSDALE	NEW YORK
ORGANIZATION	NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE	NEW YORK CITY	NEW YORK