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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."
Detroit Mayor Coleman Young served five terms as mayor of Detroit from 1974 to 1994. In this 1989 photo, he poses for atop the Riverfront Towers apartments overlooking downtown Detroit.
Two Black candidates ultimately ran, Edward Bell and Coleman Young. [10] Nichols ran a "law-and-order" focused candidacy. [5] Ravitz was a well-established liberal. [5] He received endorsements from most of the city's powerful trade unions, including the Detroit Building Trades Council, Teamsters, and United Auto Workers. [5]
Coleman Young: January 1, 1974 – January 3, 1994 Democratic [10] Coleman Young was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, but moved to Detroit when he was five. [107] During World War II, Young served as one of the Tuskegee Airmen, and returned to Detroit at the end of the war. [107]
Director of Program Operations for 'Grow Detroit's Young Talent' Misty Evans, left, was honored by Detroit City Council member Coleman Young ll with the Spirit of Detroit Award as they help to ...
Coleman Young II was born in Royal Oak, Michigan. He is the only son of former Detroit Mayor Coleman Young and former Assistant Public Works Director Annivory Calvert. [13] He was born Joel Loving, and raised in California, his father denying his existence until a paternity suit in 1989. [14]
A photo of Warren Police Commissioner William Dwyer, who served in Detroit Police Department's narcotics unit working with Mayor Coleman Young in 1976, in his office at the Christopher M. Wouters ...
The Coleman A. Young Municipal Center is owned and operated by the Detroit-Wayne Joint Building Authority, which was created in 1948 by the Michigan Legislature. [2] The building contains a library, a courthouse, and the city hall. When it opened, the City-County Building replaced both the historic Detroit City Hall and Wayne County Building.