R.I.P. Margaret Buckner Young, 88 (Biographer of African-Americans)

[Lenona]

Apparently, she was a year older than I thought. Born in
Campbellsville, Kentucky, she died on the 4th, in Denver.

Quite an accomplished life.

WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:

The First Book of American Negroes, F. Watts, 1966.
The Picture Life of Martin Luther King, F. Watts, 1968.
The Picture Life of Ralph J. Bunche, F. Watts, 1968.
Black American Leaders, F. Watts, 1969.
The Picture Life of Thurgood Marshall, F. Watts, 1970.

Author of a Public Affairs pamphlet, "How to Bring Up Your Child
Without Prejudice." Contributing editor, Ladies Home Journal, 1975--.

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_13955713

From the The Denver Post (first few lines):

Margaret Buckner Young dies at 88; author, widow of civil-rights
leader
By Virginia Culver

Margaret Buckner Young, author, educator and widow of noted civil-
rights leader Whitney M. Young Jr., died at her Denver home Saturday.
She was 88.

Services will be held Dec. 17 in New York City.

She served on the U.S. delegation to the United Nations, wrote
children's books and served on corporate and arts boards.

"She was a loving mentor to me," said Vernon Jordan, civil-rights
leader and former adviser to Bill Clinton who succeeded Whitney Young
as head of the National Urban League.........."She always had sound
advice, such as 'think about this,' " said Jordan, who will give the
eulogy at her service (in NYC on Dec. 17)...............

http://www.nul.org/content/margaret-buckner-young-legacy-and-contribution
(includes her photo)

http://loafofbreadcontainerofmilk.blogspot.com/2009/12/margaret-buckner-young-1921-2009.html
(by her grandson?)

Lenona.