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Sightseeing

Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum

Childhood home of civil rights leader Whitney M. Young Jr., on the former Lincoln Institute grounds in Kentucky.

Simpsonville, KY

About Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum

This modest two-story wooden house stands on the grounds of the former Lincoln Institute, where Young's father taught. Young lived there until he was fifteen. He later spent much of his career fighting employment discrimination and led the National Urban League for a decade. The National Park Service lists the house as a National Historic Landmark but notes it is not open to the public. Wikipedia describes it as a historic house museum managed by the Lincoln Foundation, a successor to the Lincoln Institute.

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#African American history
#historic house
#national historic landmark
#Kentucky

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