Headshot of Whitney M. Young Jr.

Whitney M. Young Jr.


(July 31, 1921 – March 11, 1971)

Whitney M. Young Jr. was executive director of the National Urban League from 1961 to 1971.

Martin Luther King Jr., Whitney Young, Roy Wilkins, James Farmer, and Geraldine Whittington talk together at White House

“I’m Not a Hater and a Bigot”

  January 6, 1964