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Weekly Challenger
October 31, 2017
Within moments of meeting historian Miranda Kaufmann, I learn not to make flippant assumptions about race and history. Here we are in Moorgate, I say. Is it called that because it was a great hub of black Tudor life? “You have to be careful with anything like that,” she winces, “because, for all you know, thisÃÂ ...
HuffPost
July 30, 2017
Whitney Moore Young Jr. sunrise 7/31/1921 Lincoln Ridge, KY, sunset 3/11/1971, Lagos Nigeria. Civil rights activist. His mother, Laura Young was the first female postmistress in Kentucky. He was the first dean of social work at Atlanta University. He and his wife were the first blacks to join United LiberalÃÂ ...
Columbia Missourian
June 28, 2017
A faculty member walks toward Young Hall, the administration building at Lincoln University, on Monday, June 19, in Jefferson City. Lincoln University faces budget cuts that have resulted in staff cuts and degree programs like history being deactivated. Several other programs have been put on probation.
Weekly Challenger
April 7, 2017
“While we all come out today to acknowledge the tremendous work of the Urban League and our local heroes, we do it in the spirit of one of American's bravest and often overlooked champion of the civil rights, Whitney Moore Young, Jr.” Young, Jr. was the executive director of the National Urban LeagueÃÂ ...
Weekly Challenger
January 5, 2017
“We cannot undo the damage that was done to her. But at least we can summon the courage to speak the naked but healing truth that must comfort her wherever she may be.” –Thabo Mbeki. Sarah Baartman, the “first known Black female victim of trafficking,” died on 29 December 1815. A Khoi-san womanÃÂ ...
Weekly Challenger
January 5, 2017
Ernest Fredric “Ernie” Morrison was the first Black child movie star. Morrison, who performed under the stage name Sunshine Sammy, was most famous as one of the Dead End Kids/East Side Kids. Morrison was born on December 20, 1912 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the oldest child and only sonÃÂ ...
Weekly Challenger
July 6, 2016
Americans generally get a failing grade when it comes to knowing our “patriotic songs.” I know more people who can recite “America, F–k Yeah” from Team America than “America the Beautiful.” “Yankee Doodle”? No one older than a fifth-grader in chorus class remembers the full song. “God Bless America”à...
Weekly Challenger
February 10, 2016
St. Josephine Bakhita was a Sudanese-born woman who was enslaved before becoming a Canossian Religious Sister in Italy, living and working there for 45 years. In 2000 she was declared a saint by the Catholic Church. St. Josephine Bakhita was born to a locally important family in Sudan in 1869.
MyAJC
December 7, 2015
Over the years, a total of seven members of the Fraternity led (or are leading) the Urban League including: Lester Blackwell Granger (1941-1961), Whitney Moore Young, Jr. (1961-1971), Hugh Bernard Price (1994-2002), Milton James Little, Jr. (2003-2003), and currently Mark Haydel Morial (2003-Present)ÃÂ ...
The Courier-Journal
September 18, 2015
The book ends with Zion Hill, an African-American community in Scott County in north central Kentucky where Whitney Moore Young Sr., president of Lincoln Institute for African Americans in Shelby County began his education at Zion Hill's elementary school. In 1929 a Rosenwald school also was startedÃÂ ...
Weekly Challenger
August 2, 2015
Whitney Moore Young, Jr. was one of the most celebrated – and controversial – African American civil rights leader, who spearheaded the drive for equal opportunity for Blacks in U.S. industry and government service during his 10 years as head of the National Urban League (1961–71), the world's largestÃÂ ...
WTOP
May 23, 2014
East Capitol Street extends from the U.S. Capitol east toward RFK Stadium and the Anacostia River. The East Capitol Street Bridge above the Anacostia is named after civil rights activist Whitney Moore Young Jr., whose lifelong work with the National Urban League sought to end workplace discrimination.
BET (blog)
August 6, 2011
With the Black Heritage Stamp Series, the United States Post Office commemorates Black leaders, the latest being Robert Robinson Taylor. Posted February 20, 2015. Get More! American History ÷ Black Heritage ÷ Civil Rights. COMMENTS. Recommended. Police Create Donation Drive For The Nine Children Who Watchedà...
Winston-Salem Chronicle
October 26, 2017
The annual fundraiser named after former National Urban League executive director Whitney Moore Young Jr. was held on Saturday, Oct. 22 at ...
HuffPost
July 30, 2017
Whitney Moore Young Jr. sunrise 7/31/1921 Lincoln Ridge, KY, sunset 3/11/1971, Lagos Nigeria. Civil rights activist. His mother, Laura Young ...
Columbia Missourian
June 28, 2017
A faculty member walks toward Young Hall, the administration building at Lincoln University, on Monday, June 19, in Jefferson City. Lincoln ...
Weekly Challenger
April 20, 2017
Known as “King of the Rice Planters,” Ward had 1,130 enslaved Blacks on the Brookgreen plantation in South Carolina. In 1850, Ward ...
Weekly Challenger
April 7, 2017
... local heroes, we do it in the spirit of one of American's bravest and often overlooked champion of the civil rights, Whitney Moore Young, Jr.”.
Weekly Challenger
February 24, 2017
African Americans have run the White House kitchen as chefs, personal cooks, butlers, stewards and servers for every First Family for nearly ...
Weekly Challenger
October 27, 2016
Image result for Margaret Walker Margaret Walker (Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander by marriage; July 7, 1915 – November 30, 1998) was an ...
Weekly Challenger
October 15, 2016
John Stewart Rock was the first Black person to be admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United State. Rock was an eloquent African ...
Weekly Challenger
September 1, 2016
Jackie Robinson, in his 1972 autobiography, I Never Had It Made, described the moment when he realized that he could not “stand and sing ...
Linn's Stamp News
August 27, 2016
Lyndon Baines Johnson served as the 36th president of the United States for a little more than five years. As vice president under John F.
MyAJC
December 7, 2015
... Urban League including: Lester Blackwell Granger (1941-1961), Whitney Moore Young, Jr. (1961-1971), Hugh Bernard Price (1994-2002), ...
The Courier-Journal
September 18, 2015
The book ends with Zion Hill, an African-American community in Scott County in north central Kentucky where Whitney Moore Young Sr., ...
Weekly Challenger
August 2, 2015
Whitney Moore Young, Jr. was one of the most celebrated – and controversial – African American civil rights leader, who spearheaded the drive ...
WTOP
May 23, 2014
Ethel Kennedy attends the Ripple of Hope Awards on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP).
truthout
October 31, 2010
"Every man is our brother, and every man's burden is our own. Where poverty exists, all are poorer. Where hate flourishes, all are corrupted.
HuffPost
July 30, 2017
Whitney Moore Young Jr. sunrise 7/31/1921 Lincoln Ridge, KY, sunset 3/11/1971, Lagos Nigeria. Civil rights activist. His mother, Laura YoungÃÂ ...
Columbia Missourian
June 28, 2017
A faculty member walks toward Young Hall, the administration building at Lincoln University, on Monday, June 19, in Jefferson City. LincolnÃÂ ...
Weekly Challenger
April 7, 2017
... local heroes, we do it in the spirit of one of American's bravest and often overlooked champion of the civil rights, Whitney Moore Young, Jr.”.
Weekly Challenger
September 1, 2016
Jackie Robinson, in his 1972 autobiography, I Never Had It Made, described the moment when he realized that he could not “stand and singÃÂ ...
Linn's Stamp News
August 27, 2016
Lyndon Baines Johnson served as the 36th president of the United States for a little more than five years. As vice president under John F.
Weekly Challenger
March 3, 2016
The Missouri Compromise was the first of the major compromises of the 19th century intended to ease regional tensions over the issue ofÃÂ ...
MyAJC
December 7, 2015
... Urban League including: Lester Blackwell Granger (1941-1961), Whitney Moore Young, Jr. (1961-1971), Hugh Bernard Price (1994-2002),ÃÂ ...
The Courier-Journal
September 18, 2015
The book ends with Zion Hill, an African-American community in Scott County in north central Kentucky where Whitney Moore Young Sr.,ÃÂ ...
Weekly Challenger
August 2, 2015
Whitney Moore Young, Jr. was one of the most celebrated – and controversial – African American civil rights leader, who spearheaded the driveÃÂ ...
Hollybaby
August 28, 2013
27, Michelle gave a speech about civil rights leader Whitney Moore Young Jr., paying tribute to the civil rights movement that led the country toÃÂ ...
truthout
October 31, 2010
"Every man is our brother, and every man's burden is our own. Where poverty exists, all are poorer. Where hate flourishes, all are corrupted.
MyAJC
December 7, 2015
Over the years, a total of seven members of the Fraternity led (or are leading) the Urban League including: Lester Blackwell Granger (1941-1961), Whitney Moore Young, Jr. (1961-1971), Hugh Bernard Price (1994-2002), Milton James Little, Jr. (2003-2003 ...
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