About Francis Elliott Young
Lived 1876 – 1958 (aged 82). Francis Elliott Young was an American politician.
Francis Elliott Young (28 September 1876 - 1958) was a civil rights leader and union organizer from Cleveland, Ohio.
Biography He was born on 28 September 1876 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Young helped organize the Cleveland branch of the NAACP and the AFL postal union.
In 1954, he ran for Ohio's 21st congressional district. The district was evenly divided between African Americans, who were solidly Republican, and whites, who were mostly Democrats. After winning a hard-fought Republican primary, the 78-year-old Young lost to Charles Vanik, a judge.
He died in 1958.
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Who was Francis Elliott Young?
African American civil rights leader (1876-1958)
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Francis Elliott Young was born on 28 September 1876 in Cleveland.
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Francis Elliott Young died on 24 December 1958.
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Francis Elliott Young was a politician.
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Francis Elliott Young was American.
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