Historical Figure by Megan Sula Rix https://padlet.com/msularix/ju7obmpv7ri396lw SW 630:Megan Rix en-us 2021-09-30 02:55:44 UTC 2024-11-10 07:24:22 UTC hello@padlet.com Whitney M. Young Jr. msularix https://padlet.com/msularix/ju7obmpv7ri396lw/wish/1780165230 2021-09-30 03:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/msularix/ju7obmpv7ri396lw/wish/1780165230 President LBJ, Martin Luther King Jr. and Whitney Young discuss civil rights in the oval office. msularix https://padlet.com/msularix/ju7obmpv7ri396lw/wish/1780171478 2021-09-30 03:55:42 UTC https://padlet.com/msularix/ju7obmpv7ri396lw/wish/1780171478 Citation msularix https://padlet.com/msularix/ju7obmpv7ri396lw/wish/1780175801 Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (2021, July 27). Whitney M. Young, Jr.. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Whitney-M-Young-Jr]]> 2021-09-30 03:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/msularix/ju7obmpv7ri396lw/wish/1780175801 Link to PBS Highlight Video msularix https://padlet.com/msularix/ju7obmpv7ri396lw/wish/1780187049 2021-09-30 04:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/msularix/ju7obmpv7ri396lw/wish/1780187049 Background msularix https://padlet.com/msularix/ju7obmpv7ri396lw/wish/1780225563 Activist, social worker, and civil rights leader, Whitney Young spent his career advocating to end employment discrimination in order to balance the scales of socioeconomic opportunities. ]]> 2021-09-30 04:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/msularix/ju7obmpv7ri396lw/wish/1780225563 Pivotal Accomplishments msularix https://padlet.com/msularix/ju7obmpv7ri396lw/wish/1780294065 - President and then National Director of the National Urban League
- Dean of Social Work at Atlanta University
- Co-authored "Some Pioneers in Social Work"
- Proposed a domestic "Marshall Plan" which pushed for federal aid to urban cities
- Advisor to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon
- Organized the March on Washington to advocate for civil and economic rights
- Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (Whitney M. Young, Jr. | American Civil-Rights Activist, 1998).]]> 2021-09-30 04:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/msularix/ju7obmpv7ri396lw/wish/1780294065 Impact on Social Work Profession msularix https://padlet.com/msularix/ju7obmpv7ri396lw/wish/1780301769 Whitney used his education, leadership, and knowledge of social justice issues to profoundly impact the profession of social work. He was an early advocate of building an open and free society and made correlations between a black person's socioeconomic status and how it impacted their ability to thrive in an already racist community. Going further, he helped bridge the gap between white politics and poor blacks, becoming one of the leading influences on government social policies (Whitney M. Young, Jr. | American Civil-Rights Activist, 1998).]]> 2021-09-30 05:03:39 UTC https://padlet.com/msularix/ju7obmpv7ri396lw/wish/1780301769