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Jean Childs Young (July 1, 1933 – September 16, 1994) was an educator and advocate for equal access to education in the United States. Young also dedicated much of her life to involvement in children's rights, and served as the American chairwoman of the United Nation's International Year of the Child in 1979.
17 de dic. de 2010 · Jean Childs Young, pictured circa 1985, was the wife of Georgia politician and civil rights leader Andrew Young. She was renowned nationally and internationally for her work as an educator and advocate for children's rights.
17 de sept. de 1994 · Jean Childs Young, an educator who was active in civil rights and children's causes and was the wife of Andrew Young, the former Atlanta Mayor and United States Representative to the United...
She was a Black educator activist for racial justice and equitable education. Jean Childs was born in Marion, Alabama. Her father, Norman Lorenzo Childs, worked at a family-owned grocery store and bakery in Marion, sometimes traveling around Alabama to sell the store's homemade peanut brittle during the Great Depression.
17 de sept. de 1994 · ATLANTA -- Jean Childs Young, 61, a former educator and aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who was the wife of former U.N. ambassador, Atlanta mayor and Georgia congressman Andrew Young...
Jean Childs Young, born on July 1, 1933 in Marian, Alabama, was an educator and civil and human rights activist, particularly to women and children. She participated in historical civil rights events, including the 1961 boycott of downtown lunch counters in Atlanta, the 1965 Selma march for voting rights, and the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign ...
Jean Young was a prominent activist for civil rights, education, and children ’ s welfare whose work spanned more than three decades. In 1978 she became widely known as the chairperson of the International Year of the Child.
