THURSDAY • APRIL 23, 2009 • PORTSMOUTH RENAISSANCE HOTEL

Remembering the legacy of
WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR.

National Urban League Executive Director, 1961-1971

Recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1969

Whitney M. Young, Jr. was a tireless civil rights leader who meshed the tenets of Civil Rights activism with the practices of social work. On numerous occasions, Young conferred with Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon; testified before Congress and appealed to the giants of industry on behalf of the National Urban League constituents. Whitney Young’s agenda for Black America and many of the programs he initiated remain to be completed by his successors.

CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE WINNERS OF THE

2009 Whitney M. Young Jr. Awards!

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award

TOWNEBANK
A. Phillip Randolph Award

DR. JAMES M. REEVES
Vivian C. Mason Award

JOHN BRODERICK
Marian Palmer Capps Award

CHRISTIANA PINKSTON BETTS
Jocelyn Pretlow Goss Award - College

JASMINE C. PENDER
Jocelyn Pretlow Goss Award – High School