Whitney M. Young Quotes


It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.


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Whitney M. Young, 1921-1971, Executive Director, The Urban League, Presidential Advisor (Lyndon B. Johnson), Favorite Saying

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Whitney M. Young
Whitney M. Young
  • Born: July 31, 1921
  • Died: March 11, 1971
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Activist

Whitney Moore Young Jr. was an American civil rights leader. Trained as a social worker, he spent most of his career working to end employment discrimination in the United States and turning the National Urban League from a relatively passive civil rights organization into one that aggressively worked for equitable access to socioeconomic opportunity for the historically disenfranchised.