“The crisis of the Negro is not a racial crisis. It is a crisis of the whole of America.”

— Whitney M. Young Jr.

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About Whitney M. Young Jr.

Activist • American

Whitney Moore Young Jr. was an American civil rights leader who spent most of his career working to end employment discrimination in the United States. He transformed the National Urban League from a relatively passive...

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