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By Deborah Creighton Skinner | Published June 23, 2010 | Full size is 514 × 283 pixels

Whitney Moore Young Jr., was a civil rights leader who worked to end employment discrimination. In 1961, Young became the director of the National Urban League, and in 1969, President Johnson awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (Date issued: Jan. 30, 1981)

Whitney Moore Young Jr., was a civil rights leader who worked to end employment discrimination.…