Coleman Young
Coleman Alexander Young (May 24, 1918 – November 29, 1997) served as mayor of Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan from 1974 to 1993. Young became the first African-American mayor of Detroit in the same week that Maynard Jackson became the first African-American mayor of Atlanta.
In 1981, he was awarded the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP.
Read more about Coleman Young: Pre-Mayoral Career, Five Terms As Mayor, Personal Life, Quotes, Death and Legacy, Further Reading
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