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Nov 17, 1944 Tuskegee, Alabama, United States Died on 03 Jan 1966 (aged 21)
American activist
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About Sammy Younge Jr.
- Samuel Leamon Younge Jr.
- (November 17, 1944 – January 3, 1966) was a civil rights and voting rights activist who was murdered for trying to desegregate a "whites only" restroom.
- Younge was an enlisted service member in the United States Navy, where he served for two years before being medically discharged.
- Younge was an active member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and a leader of the Tuskegee Institute Advancement League.Younge was the first African-American university student to be murdered in the United States due to his actions in support of the Civil Rights Movement.
- Three days after his death, SNCC became the first civil rights organization in the United States to oppose the Vietnam War, partly on the grounds that like Younge, innocent civilians should not face deadly violence.
