Coleman Young portal

Coleman Young presents the key to the city of Detroit in 1979.

Coleman Alexander Young, 1918-1997, continues his hold over Detroiters, as witnessed by the six articles about him that The Detroit News ran on Sunday, January the 9th, 2000. The following is a collection of Coleman Young web resources. The News and The Detroit Free Press are, obviously, the best resources for online Young material, but there are many other interesting sites.

Biographies

Timeline from the Detroit Free Press, 11-30-97.
Coleman Young and Detroit Politics Barnesandnoble.com review of Wilbur     C. Rich's biography of Young.
Wayne State University Press home web site for Wilbur's biography.
Hard Stuff: The Autobiography of Coleman Young. Amazon.com's two     reviews of Young's autobiography.
Biography.com brief neutral biography.
Encyclopedia Britannica biography disappointingly brief biography,     cryptically states that "he ran the city during difficult economic and     racially divisive times."
Page-long bio. "MD's Detroit Underground web-site"...Excellent biography.
Half-page bio. Illinois Education Assoc "Black History" bio.
Autobiography of a People  Nice Amazon.com review of Herb Boyd's     "Autobiography of a People : Three Centuries of African American History     Told by Those Who Lived It," which includes an excerpt about former     Mayor Young

Life and Issues

He also served. Historynet.com's tribute to "the military biography of an     uncommon American."
"You have me mixed up with a stool pigeon, Sir." sound file in which Young     defies the House Un-American Activities Committee's questions in 1952.
Spingarn Medal NAACP "Outstanding Achievement by an African-American     Award" winner in 1981.
African-American's Detroit Africana.com's outstanding Detroit history page,     with excellent paragraph about Young.
Poletown retrospective Detroit News's "Rearview Mirror" look at "Auto Plant     vs. Neighborhood" and Young's pivotal role.
Another view of Poletown Anti-Young review of the book "Poletown:     Community Betrayed" by Jeanie Wylie, Urbana, Illinois: University of     Illinois Press.
The Famous Fist" Joe Louis Tribute that caused great furor.
"In Someone Else's House" Review of Tamara Jacoby's history of the 30     year slides of Detroit, Atlanta and New York. Reviewer states "Detroit     became another name for chaos. Mayor Young did many things wrong,     but perhaps the worst was the quenching of Detroit's entrepreneurial spirit     in the name of black autonomy."
still in "Someone Else's House" The Economist's more-balanced review of     Jacoby's book.
"Third Worst minority/female mayor." 69 urban historians and political     scientists are polled.
Backfence D.C. emailer states "Marion Barry is the District's Coleman     Young, Detroit's long-time mayor whose legacy is synonymous with     misery."
From Wayne's Kitchens Odd, little site...mistakenly states that Young     was "Born in segregated Detroit."
Loses to News and Free Press Former Mayor loses Antitrust suit.
Former Mayor Critical The News reports that Young has been "downgraded     to critical."
"Ailing Coleman Young an unseen force" very eerie News report, written 27     days before the death of Coleman Young.
Famous Quotations Five insightful Young quotes
Politically inspired  A Metro Times article about The Quotations of Mayor    Coleman A. Young, published by Droog Press in 1991.

Obituaries and Funeral

CNN                                     Detroit News                     Detroit Free Press
The State News             WDBJ-TV Roanoke, VA              US News-World
Metro Times                      WSU Campus News                  Attendees
Funeral Speech                  Free Press Special           Detroit News Special
Gravesight                                  UAW                                U.S. Mayors
Capital News Service              WSU Tribute                         Michigan Daily WDIV Pictures of Funeral         About.com

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