Executive Director of the National Urban League 1961 to 1971Born on July 31, 1921, in Lincoln Ridge, Kentucky, and died in Lagos, Nigeria, on March 11, 1975.

The dinner's namesake, Whitney M. Young, was a respected civil rights leader and ... Lewis headed the local league before becoming a vice president for the National Urban League. Brownstein Hyatt was ...

The Whitney M. Young Jr. Gala is the Greater Washington Urban League’s marquee fundraiser of the year and serves to support GWUL's vital programs and initiatives aimed at addressing systemic ...