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Thomas Coleman Younger (January 15, 1844 – March 21, 1916) was an American Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War and later an outlaw leader with the James–Younger Gang. He was the elder brother of Jim , John and Bob Younger , who were also members of the gang.
Coleman Alexander Young (May 24, 1918 – November 29, 1997) was an American politician who served as mayor of Detroit, Michigan from 1974 to 1994. Young was the first African-American mayor of Detroit and has been described as the "single most influential person in Detroit's modern history."
Mayor Coleman Young enters his office for the first time on Jan. 3, 1974 at the City-County building in downtown Detroit. Complaints about Young’s warning inundated his city hall office.
Confederate guerrilla and later outlaw leader Thomas Coleman Younger was notable for his actions at Lone Jack. Though most of Quantrill's Raiders were still in Independence, Missouri, looting after victory in the First Battle of Independence, 18-year-old Cole Younger was present at Lone Jack riding along the front lines to supply the troops ...
Bersheba Fristoe Younger (born Bersheba Leighton Fristoe; June 6, 1816 – June 6, 1870) was an American woman who was the mother of the famed Younger Outlaws Cole, Jim, John and Bob. She was born in McMinnville, Tennessee , the daughter of judge Richard Marshall Fristoe and Mary L. Fristoe.
She ran for Wayne County commissioner in 1967 and 1972. When her partner Coleman Young became mayor of Detroit in 1973, she became the city's unofficial first lady. [1] [3] She was executive director of the Detroit Bicentennial Commission from 1974 to 1977, [6] [7] and had other city jobs after she and Young ended their personal relationship ...
1980: Saddam Hussein, Iraqi President at that time, was awarded the key to the city by Mayor Coleman Young, for having donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to a local church. [249] [250] January 31, 2006: Detroit native Jerome Bettis was awarded the key to the city by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick days before his Super Bowl win. [251] [252]
There is a growing shortage of mechanics in the U.S. as workers continue to age out of the industry. The issue is there are not enough workers to replace them, industry experts warned. "Younger ...