Photos: Historical photos of Whitney M. Young Jr.

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Famed Musician Duke Ellington honored with scroll at the 17th Annual Fall supper and dance of the National Urban League Guild at the Rainbow Room in New York City, Nov. 14, 1965. From left to right are: Whitney M. Young, Jr., of President National Urban League; Lena Horne, famed blues singer; Duke Ellington; Mrs. Mollie Moon, chairman of National Urban League Guild. (AP Photo/Lederhandler)

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The childhood home of civil rights activist and Kentuckian Whitney M. Young Jr. in Simpsonville.

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Three of the six leaders of African American organizations who met with President Lyndon B. Johnson Nov. 19, 1964, talk with reporters at the White House after the meeting. They met to discuss various problems and see what lies ahead in the session that lasted about an hour. They are, left to right: James Farmer, national director of the Congress of Racial Equality; Whitney M. Young, Jr., executive director of the National Urban League; Dorothy Height of the National Council of Negro Women. (AP Photo)

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President John Kennedy gestures as he talks with Whitney M. Young, Jr., center, executive director, and Henry Steeger, right, President of the National Urban League, in the White House, Washington on Jan. 23, 1962. The Urban League officials, both of whom are from New York, said they asked him to issue an executive order banning discrimination in federally assisted housing. They also said they were in favor of his proposal to create a new Department of Urban Affairs. (AP Photo/Bill Alllen)

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