- Title
- Whitney Moore Young Jr.
- Description
- From 1961 to 1971, Whitney Young was the Executive Director of the National Urban League (NUL), a civil rights organization which emphasizes economic parity and self-reliance. In March 1963, A. Philip Randolph asked Young and the NUL to participate in a proposed March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom to be held in August. Young agreed and became one of the organizers of the March, known as the Big Six.
- Creator
- Whitney Moore Young Jr.
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons. View original photograph.
- Coverage
- 1950-1979
- birthday
- 07/31/1921
- Theme
- civil rights
- politics & protest
