# 1875 (1981) Young - PB, UL #111111, MNH

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1981

WHITNEY MOORE YOUNG
Black Heritage Series

His family was black and lived in the South, but they were constituents of a black educated elite, as his father was the president of the Lincoln Institute. His mother was a teacher at that school. He joined the Army in 1944, after studying engineering for two years at MIT, he found himself in Europe in an all-black regiment with a white captain. More often than not, Young acted as a mediator between that captain and the troops. He commented to the New York Post, “It was my Army experience that decided me on getting into the race relations field after the war. Not just because I saw the problems, but because I saw the potentials, too. I grew up with a basic belief in the inherent decency of human beings.”

Water Activated Gum
Scott 1875

Perforated 11
Upper Left Stamp Plate Block - #111111

Mint Never Hinged