Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Foundation

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Civil rights organization which created fellowships, scholarships, employment for outstanding members of American minority races, and promoted interracial unity. Sociologist. Whitney Moore Young, Jr. (1921-1971) was Executive Director of the National Urban League, 1961-1971.

From the guide to the Whitney M. Young Jr. Memorial Foundation Records, 1971-1991., (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, )

Civil rights organization which created fellowships, scholarships, employment for outstanding members of American minority races, and promoted interracial unity. Sociologist.

Whitney Moore Young, Jr. (1921-1971) was Executive Director of the National Urban League, 1961-1971.

From the description of Archives, 1971-1991. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122622438

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creatorOf Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Foundation. Archives, 1971-1991. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Whitney M. Young Jr. Memorial Foundation Records, 1971-1991. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Whitney M. Young Jr. Memorial Foundation. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1980-1981. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
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associatedWith Adams, Frankie V., 1902-1979. person
associatedWith Boy Scouts of America. corporateBody
associatedWith Bush, George, 1924- person
associatedWith Columbia University. corporateBody
associatedWith Height, Dorothy I. 1912-2010. person
associatedWith Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. corporateBody
associatedWith Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. corporateBody
associatedWith National Conference of Christians and Jews. corporateBody
associatedWith National Urban League. corporateBody
associatedWith Philip Morris USA. corporateBody
associatedWith Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. corporateBody
associatedWith Studio Museum in Harlem. corporateBody
associatedWith Tanneyhill, Ann. person
associatedWith Unesco. corporateBody
associatedWith United Nations. corporateBody
associatedWith United Negro College Fund. corporateBody
associatedWith Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Library of Social Work. corporateBody
associatedWith Young, Margaret B. person
associatedWith Young, Margaret B. person
associatedWith YWCA. corporateBody
associatedWith YWCA. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
United States
Subject
African Americans
Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Charities
Civil rights
Libraries
Social problems
Social service
Sociology, Urban
Occupation
College teachers
Endowments
Philanthropists
Sociologists
Activity
College teachers
Endowments
Philanthropists
Sociologists

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Active 1971

Active 1991

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