Whitney Moore Young Jr. From 1961 to 1971, Whitney Young was the Executive Director of the National Urban League (NUL), a civil rights organization which emphasizes economic parity and self-reliance. In March 1963, <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/97">A. Philip Randolph</a> asked Young and the NUL to participate in a proposed <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/190">March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom</a> to be held in August. Young agreed and became one of the organizers of the March, known as the Big Six. <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Whitney+Moore+Young+Jr.+">Whitney Moore Young Jr. </a> Wikimedia Commons. <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whitney_Young_at_White_House,_January_18,_1964.jpg">View original photograph</a>. <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1950-1979">1950-1979</a>