Whitney M. Young, Jr. Birthplace | |
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| Nearest city | Simpsonville, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 38°13′21.6″N 85°22′20″W / 38.222667°N 85.37222°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1921 |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000543[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 18, 1972 |
| Designated NHL | April 27, 1984 |
The Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum is a historic house museum on the campus of the former Lincoln Institute in rural Shelby County, Kentucky near Shelbyville, Kentucky. It was the birthplace and childhood home of Whitney M. Young Jr. (1921–71), an American civil rights leader. Young became prominent for his leadership of the National Urban League 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 National Register of Historic Places and was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1984.