Whitney M. Young, civic leader, and author, 1959-1968

Item Overview

Title

Whitney M. Young, civic leader, and author, 1959-1968

Alternative title

Prominent Individuals featured in African American Periodicals

Date Created

[1959-1968]

Date

1959/1968

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Studio portrait of Whitney M. Young.

Caption

Photo caption: Whitney M. Young, Jr., born Lincolnshire, Kentucky, July 31, 1921; Executive Director of the National Urban League; winner of the Florina Lasker award in 1959 and the “Outstanding Alumni Award” of the University of Minnesota, 1960; Author of To Be Equal.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographs

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs

Names

Young, Whitney M.

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American civil rights workers