Death and Legacy
- Young is interred at Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit.
- The city county building for the City of Detroit and Wayne County was renamed the "Coleman A. Young Municipal Building."
- He has a wing named after him at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
- Detroit City Airport, a general aviation facility serving Detroit, has since been renamed Coleman A. Young International Airport.
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