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Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum

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79: 1337: 104: 62: 285:(1961–71), Young was influential in improving conditions for African Americans with respect to housing, education, and employment opportunity. Young's birthplace and childhood home remained the property of the Lincoln Institute, and its successor, the Lincoln Foundation. After Young's death in 1971, the house was dedicated as a shrine to his memory. Today, numerous photographs, articles, and other items related to Young and the Lincoln Institute are on display inside the house. 1348: 844: 111: 86: 1226: 1321: 1257: 1241: 1231: 1387: 306: 1407: 1316: 1262: 903: 301: 1283: 1185: 1216: 1150: 1115: 1190: 1095: 1055: 880: 1155: 1145: 1140: 1120: 1236: 1070: 985: 1105: 1100: 975: 1195: 1160: 1065: 1040: 1180: 1130: 1110: 1085: 1075: 1060: 1050: 1035: 1015: 990: 980: 970: 1200: 1175: 1080: 1020: 1000: 995: 965: 955: 1135: 1090: 1030: 1005: 960: 278:
west of Shelbyville. It is a modest two-story wood-frame structure with a clapboarded exterior and hip roof. A porch extends across the front, supported by stuccoed square columns.
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between 1961 and 1971. The house is now managed by the Lincoln Foundation, a successor to the Lincoln Institute, as a museum to its and Young's history. The house appears on the
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in 1912 after Kentucky passed legislation forbidding mixed-race colleges and operated until 1966. The Whitney Young Birthplace stands on its former campus, south of
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Young was born in the house in 1921 and lived there through his high school years. Particularly in his role as leader of the
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The house is now a museum, accessed through the Whitney M. Young Jr. Jobs Corps Center, a unit of the
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Callahan Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
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leader. Young became prominent for his leadership of the
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is a historic house museum on the campus of the former
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum is located in Kentucky
Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum is located in the United States
Simpsonville, Kentucky
38°13′21.6″N 85°22′20″W / 38.222667°N 85.37222°W / 38.222667; -85.37222
72000543
Lincoln Institute
Shelby County, Kentucky
Shelbyville, Kentucky
Whitney M. Young Jr.
civil rights
National Urban League
National Register of Historic Places
National Historic Landmark
Berea College
United States Route 60
National Urban League
United States Department of Labor
List of attractions and events in the Louisville metropolitan area
National Register of Historic Places listings in Shelby County, Kentucky
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"NHL nomination for Whitney Young Jr. Birthplace and Boyhood Home"
We Shall Overcome - Whitney M. Young Birthplace
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