Historical Figure by Alkennisha Litle https://padlet.com/alitle1/syscsjckeu27 Whitney Young Jr. en-us 2019-09-20 19:07:16 UTC 2024-10-01 07:41:33 UTC hello@padlet.com alitle1 https://padlet.com/alitle1/syscsjckeu27/wish/387419318 2019-09-20 19:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/alitle1/syscsjckeu27/wish/387419318 National Urban League (NUL)- Founded in 1910 alitle1 https://padlet.com/alitle1/syscsjckeu27/wish/387423063 Purpose: Develop social programs for people of color
  • Expanded the NUL and gained funding to increase the organizations annual budget
  • Currently represented in 36 stated and the District of Columbia
  • Appointed The President of the NUL in 1961 until his death in 1971
  • Initiated programs " Street Academy" and "New Trust" aimed at creating black leaders and preparing high school dropouts for college
]]> 2019-09-20 20:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/alitle1/syscsjckeu27/wish/387423063 Goals alitle1 https://padlet.com/alitle1/syscsjckeu27/wish/387430848
  • End Employment Discrimination
  • Add Socioeconomic Opportunities for people of color

    • ]]>     2019-09-20 20:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/alitle1/syscsjckeu27/wish/387430848     alitle1 https://padlet.com/alitle1/syscsjckeu27/wish/387430853 Born: July 31, 1921 in Kentucky
    Death: March 11, 1971 in Nigeria]]>     2019-09-20 20:31:36 UTC https://padlet.com/alitle1/syscsjckeu27/wish/387430853     Accomplishments alitle1 https://padlet.com/alitle1/syscsjckeu27/wish/387432074
  • MSW from The University of Minnesota
  • "Big Six" Civil Rights Leadership
  • Assisted and Served with 3 presidents from (1963-1971)
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1968
  • President of NASW from 1969-1971
  • 1969  NASW Task Force on Minority Concerns assembled
  •  NASW National Committee on Minority Affairs (NCOMA) established
  • Major role in legislation on Presidents Johnson War on Poverty
    • ]]>     2019-09-20 20:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/alitle1/syscsjckeu27/wish/387432074     References alitle1 https://padlet.com/alitle1/syscsjckeu27/wish/387475469 Fuller, John, and Kathryn Whitbourne. “How the Civil Rights Movement Worked.” HowStuffWorks, HowStuffWorks, 6 May 2008, https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/civil-rights-movement.htm.
    “Mission and History.” National Urban League, https://nul.org/mission-and-history.
    “The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/powerbroker/.
    “TOP 17 QUOTES BY WHITNEY M. YOUNG: A-Z Quotes.” A, https://www.azquotes.com/author/16103-Whitney_M_Young.
    “Whitney M. Young, Jr. (U.S. National Park Service).” National Parks Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, https://www.nps.gov/people/whitney-young-jr.htm.
    “Whitney Young.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Sept. 2019, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Young#Leadership_at_the_National_Association_of_Social_Workers_(NASW).
    ]]>     2019-09-21 00:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/alitle1/syscsjckeu27/wish/387475469     "The POWERBROKER" alitle1 https://padlet.com/alitle1/syscsjckeu27/wish/387477722 Young earned the name powerbroker by using his business minded intelligence and passion for social injustice to influence and create policies in the government]]> 2019-09-21 00:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/alitle1/syscsjckeu27/wish/387477722 alitle1 https://padlet.com/alitle1/syscsjckeu27/wish/387478255 2019-09-21 00:57:45 UTC https://padlet.com/alitle1/syscsjckeu27/wish/387478255 alitle1 https://padlet.com/alitle1/syscsjckeu27/wish/387483863 2019-09-21 01:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/alitle1/syscsjckeu27/wish/387483863