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Young, Whitney, Jr.

 File — Box: B-9, Folder: 63

Scope and Contents

Mimeographed cover letter from the text of a speech, plus one leaf only of the speech text, dated 3-28-1963 (1 leaf); mimeographed press release, undated, on the annual dinner meeting of the Morris County Urban League (1 leaf); offprint article "The City and the Negro" by Charles E. Silberman, reprinted from the Mar. 1962 issue of Fortune; Mimeographed "Resolution" of the Urban League dated 9-5-1962; mimeographed press release dated 5-24-1967 containing the text of a speech delivered at the National Conference of Social Welfare's 94th Annual Forum (4 leaves), with attached press release 5-23-1957 containing the text of a speech by Mitchell Sviridoff at the same Forum (10 leaves); mimeographed press release dated 2-20-1967 regarding Young's comments on the President's Crime Commission (2 leaves); Biographical text on Young with mimeographed cover letter from Edward S. Lewis dated 10-19-1961 and one attached photo print (8 leaves total); mimeographed text of an address by Young given at the 1966 Annual Conference of the National Rehabilitation Association, 10-3-1966 (11 leaves); press release dated 5-12-1970 concerning the Urban League's call for an unencumbered income guarantee (4 leaves); telegram dated 5-22-1970 from Layhmond Robinson to the Amsterdam News, concerning the murder of six black men in Augusta, GA (4 leaves); press release dated 5-22-1970 concerning a gift to the Urban League from Humble Oil and Refining Co. (1 leaf); program from the Four Freedoms Award Dinner honoring Young, 4-2-1970; seating plan from the Four Freedoms Award Dinner (13 leaves); press release dated 1-30-1970 containing a statement by Young given at a news conference for Unified Newark at the Overseas Press Club (3 leaves); photocopied letter from Young to the Amsterdam News dated 7-24-1970, objecting to negative coverage of the Urban League (3 leaves); mimeographed "Statement by Whitney M. Young, Jr... for the Moreland Commission Special Hearing on Public Welfare," 9-12-1962 (9 leaves); mimeographed "Address of Whitney M. Young, Jr... at the Annual Meeting of Harlem Neighborhoods AssociationInc.," 6-13-1962 (8 leaves); mimeographed text of a speech entitled "Revolution or Responsibility" given by Young at the 1967 National Urban League Conference, 8-20-1967 (20 leaves); and press release dated 3-3-1967 concerning a statement by Young at the University of Rochester.

Number of Prints: 1

Dates

  • Pre 1980

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

189 cubic feet.

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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