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    Coleman A. Young
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    Coleman A. Young was a politician, civil rights activist, Tuskegee Airman, and labor leader. He was the first African American to be elected mayor of Detroit. He also became the city’s longest-serving mayor.

    Young was born on May 24, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The family moved to Detroit in hoping to escape the violence, racism and political inequity that African Americans endured in the South. Although Young graduated near the top of his class at Detroit’s Eastern High School, he was not offered enough financial assistance to go to college. Ford Motor Company hired Young as an assembly line worker and he became involved in labor union efforts. His union activities eventually cost him his position with Ford.

    Young was drafted into the military with the advent of World War II. He served as a bombardier with the Tuskegee Airmen, though he did not see combat. He had nearly completed his service when he was arrested for attempting to desegregate an officer’s club

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    Encyclopedia Of Detroit

    Coleman Alexander Young was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on May 24, Five years later his family moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he would go on to become one of the most noted leaders in the city’s history. Young graduated from Eastern High School and was offered a scholarship to the University of Michigan. However, he was forced to decline when the Eastern High School Alumni Association failed to arrange a job that would assist him with his costs beyond tuition – an effort that was generally extended to white graduates of the high school.

    Upon his graduation from Eastern, he joined an apprentice school for electricians through Ford Motor Company. However a less qualified white apprentice was given the available electrician’s position so Young was assigned to Ford’s assembly line and quickly became involved in underground labor activities. After several run-ins with company management, Young was fired.

    In , Young joined the U.S. Army, where he was commissi

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    Coleman Young II

    American politician (born )

    Coleman Alexander Young II (born October 18, ) is an American Democratic politician who is a current member of the Detroit City Council and a former member of the Michigan Senate. In the Michigan Senate, he represented the 1st district, which included the municipalities of Ecorse, Gibraltar, River Rouge, Riverview, Trenton, Woodhaven, Wyandotte and a portion of Detroit.[1] He served as the vice chair of the Local Government and Elections Committee,[2] General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, Judiciary Appropriations Subcommittee, Licensing And Regulatory Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee and Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee.[3] Young also sat on the Appropriations Committee[4] and Insurance Committee.[5] He previously served as the vice chair of the Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Committee and Reforms, Restructuring and Reinventing Committee, as well as having prev