Whitney Young Jr.

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:political_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Whitney_Young
gptkbp:advocates_for Education reform
Economic equality
Job opportunities for African Americans
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NAACP_Spingarn_Medal
gptkb:award
gptkbp:birth_date 1921-07-31
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Lincoln_Ridge,_Kentucky
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Whitney_Young_III
gptkbp:contributed_to gptkb:Job_Corps
gptkb:software
gptkb:Economic_Opportunity_Act_of_1964
Community Action Program
gptkbp:death_date 1971-03-11
gptkbp:died_in gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:director gptkb:New_York_Urban_League
gptkb:National_Urban_League
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Kentucky_State_University
gptkbp:founded gptkb:National_Urban_League's_New_York_office
gptkb:Urban_League_of_Metropolitan_St._Louis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Whitney Young Jr.
gptkbp:image Whitney_ Young_ Jr.jpg
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:political_movement
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:W._E._B._Du_Bois
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
Affirmative action
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:National_Urban_League
gptkb:Leadership_Conference_on_Civil_and_Human_Rights
gptkbp:members gptkb:Phi_Beta_Sigma_fraternity
gptkb:American_Society_of_Public_Administration
gptkb:American_Civil_Liberties_Union_(ACLU)
gptkb:National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People_(NAACP)
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:class
Public Administrator
gptkbp:performed_by gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
gptkb:March_on_Washington
gptkbp:spouse Margaret Young
gptkbp:wrote The Negro in America
To Be Equal