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July 31, 2026

Civil rights leader Whitney M. Young, Jr., who led the National Urban League for 11 years, was born on this date in 1921 in Lincoln Ridge, KY.

Today in Black America - July 8

POSTED: July 08, 2011, 12:00 am

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An abbreviated version of Today in Black America for July 8, 2011 will post on June 9, 2011. We will resume our regular daily posting of the top stories in the nation's press on Tuesday July 12.

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