Young, Whitney M.

Collection Spotlight: Ramon S. Scruggs, Sr. Papers

gstrassel — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:37:14 -0500

Best known as the first African American member of management at both the Michigan Bell Telephone Company and AT&T, Ramon S. Scruggs, Sr. served as an influential civil rights figure in the American business community from the 1940s until his passing in 1984. What separated Scruggs from many other civil rights figures was his focus on improving racial equality through integrating African Americans into positions of management within large corporations. The Ramon S. Scruggs Sr. Papers, recently opened to the public at the Walter P. Reuther Library, chronicle the subject’s numerous accomplishments. read more »

(25417) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, "March on Washington," Leaders, 1963

eclemens — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:44:11 -0400

Leaders of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom meet with Senator Everett Dirksen (R- IL) at the Capitol Building.

Left to right: Whitney Young, National Urban League; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Roy Wilkins, NAACP; Walter REuther, UAW; Senator Everett Dirksen; John Lewis, Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.

(25418) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, Leaders, 1963

eclemens — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:44:11 -0400

The leaders of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom pose for a photograph at the Lincoln Memorial.

Standing, left to right: Matthew Ahman, executive director of the National Catholic Conference of Interracial Justice; Rabbi Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress; John Lewis, chairman of Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, vice-chairman of the Commission on Religion and Race of the National Council of Churches; Floyd McKissick, author of the Durham Plan; Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers; Roy Wilkins, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Seated, left to right: Whitney M. Young, executive director of the Urban League; James Farmer, national director of the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE); A. Philip Randolph, president of the Negro American Labor Council; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

(25422) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, "Meredith March Against Fear," Mississippi, 1966

eclemens — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:25:09 -0400

Whitney Young addresses participants in the “Meredith March Against Fear” at its conclusion on the grounds of the Mississippi State Capitol, Jackson, Mississippi.

The Meredith March Against Fear takes its name from James Meredith, the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi and a student at Columbia Law School, who organized a 220 mile long walk from Memphis, TN to Jackson MS to encourage African Americans to register to vote. On June 6, the second day of the walk, he reached Hernado, MS and was shot in the back by a sniper. Upon hearing of the assault, civil rights campaigners from across the country rushed to Mississippi to finish the march in his name.

(25669) Young and Wurf

jruss — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:06:07 -0400

AFSCME President Jerry Wurf (right) accepts the National Urban League’s Equal Opportunity Day Award from National Urban League President Whitney Young. AFSCME received this award for its role in the successful 1968 sanitation workers’ strike in Memphis during which Martin Luther King was assassinated.

(30615) National Urban League's Equal Opportunity Day Award banquet

jruss — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 14:01:28 -0400

AFSCME President Jerry Wurf (left) and National Urban League President Whitney Young (right) applaud U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson (second from right) at the 1968 National Urban League's Equal Opportunity Day Award banquet in New York City. AFSCME received the award for its role in the successful 1968 sanitation workers’ strike in Memphis during which Martin Luther King was assassinated.

(30617) Sarnoff, Young, and Wurf

jruss — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 14:30:31 -0400

Award recipients at the 1968 National Urban League’s Equal Opportunity Day Award banquet. From left: Robert W. Sarnoff, president and chief executive officer of the Radio Corporation of America; National Urban League President Whitney Young; and AFSCME President Jerry Wurf. AFSCME received this award for its role in the successful 1968 sanitation workers’ strike in Memphis during which Martin Luther King was assassinated.