and implementation of Scouting opportunities for youth from rural or low-income urban backgrounds. In 1973, The African American MBA Association at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania held its first Annual Whitney M. Young Jr. Memorial Conference. After 38 years, the Whitney M. Young Jr. Memorial Conference is the longest student-run conference held at The Wharton School. The America center in Lagos, Nigeria located within the U.S. Consulate which was formerly the Information resource center in Lagos has also been named after him. Schools named after Young include Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago, Whitney M. Young Gifted & Talented Leadership Academy in Cleveland, Ohio, Whitney Young Early Childhood Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Whitney Young School in Louisville, KY, and Whitney M. Young Elementary in Dallas, Texas. The Whitney M. Young Health Center in Albany, New York was also named after him. The American Institute of Architects honors annually a recipient of the Whitney Young Jr award. In 2019 this award was received by Karen Braitmayer for her contributions to universal design In movies The documentary, The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights, directed by Christine Khalafian and Taylor Hamilton, chronicles Young's rise from segregated Kentucky to the national movement for civil rights. The film includes archival footage, photos, and interviews compiled by Young's niece, award-winning journalist Bonnie Boswell Hamilton. Interviews include Henry Louis Gates Jr., Ossie Davis, Julian Bond, Roy Innis, Vernon Jordan, Dorothy Height, and Donald Rumsfeld. See also Civil rights movement in Omaha, Nebraska Big Six (activists) List of civil rights leaders References Further reading External links Oral History Interview with Whitney Young, April 13, 1964 Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries Whitney M. Young Birthplace Whitney M. Young Memorial Conference at the Wharton School of Business Oral History Interview with Whitney Young, from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library One Handshake at a Time documentary website Whitney M. Young Jr., Civil Rights Leader. retrieved from Louisville Life Who Speaks for the Negro Vanderbilt documentary website 1921 births 1971 deaths African-American activists Accidental deaths in Nigeria African-American life in Omaha, Nebraska Activists for African-American civil rights United States Army personnel of World War II American Unitarians Burials at Ferncliff Cemetery Deaths by drowning Harvard University alumni Kentucky State University alumni MIT School of Engineering alumni Military personnel from Omaha, Nebraska People from Shelby County, Kentucky Presidential Medal of Freedom