Whitney M. Young Birthplace
This file appears in: Whitney M. Young, Jr. (1921-1971)
Whitney M. Young was born in this house in Shelby County, Kentucky just outside of Simpsonville. The house is on the grounds of what was then the Lincoln Institute, and is now the Whitney M. Young Job Corps Training Center. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
This file appears in: Whitney M. Young, Jr. (1921-1971)
Whitney M. Young, Jr. (1921-1971)
Historical Marker #1419 in Shelby County commemorates Whitney M. Young, Jr., one of the primary personalities of the Civil Rights Movement.
Young was born in Lincoln Ridge, Kentucky (Shelby County), in 1921. His father was an educator, and later…