Coleman Young
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 27 years ago |
Date of birth | May 24,1918 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Tuscaloosa |
Alabama | |
United States | |
Date of died | November 29,1997 |
Died | Detroit |
Michigan | |
United States | |
Years of service | 1942–1946 |
Spouse | Nadine Baxter |
Marion McClellan | |
Children | Coleman Young II |
Siblings | Juanita Volsan Clark |
Bernice Greer | |
Place of burial | Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, United States |
Education | Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School |
Books | The Quotations of Mayor Coleman A. Young, Hard Stuff: The Autobiography of Coleman Young |
Party | Democratic Party |
Awards | Spingarn Medal |
Previous position | President of the United States Conference of Mayors (1982–1983) |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 411461 |
Coleman Young Life story
Coleman Alexander Young was an American politician who served as mayor of Detroit, Michigan, from 1974 to 1994. Young was the first African-American mayor of Detroit. Young had emerged from the far-left element in Detroit, and moderated somewhat after his election as mayor.