Jack Harvey Young Sr.

Jack Harvey Young Sr. (March 9, 1908 – 1976) was an American lawyer in Jackson, Mississippi. He was one of three African-American lawyers that handled civil rights cases in Mississippi during the 1950s and 1960s.[1]

Life and career

Jack Harvey Young was born on March 9, 1908, in Jackson, Mississippi. He attended Jim Hill Public School and then Smith Robertson Public School. Young graduated from Jackson State College and studied law under Sidney R. Redmond.[2]

He worked as a mail carrier before passing the Mississippi bar in 1952. He lived in Jackson with his wife Aurelia Young (1915–2010) and their two children.[3] Their home was at 627 Pearl Street.[2] He was one of the founding members of the Magnolia Bar Association.[4][5] Young died in 1976.[6]

His son Jack Harvey Young Jr. became a lawyer, and worked with him.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Brown, R. Jess, Carsie A. Hall, and Jack H. Young, Sr".
  2. ^ a b c Flucker, Turry; Savage, Phoenix (August 14, 2008). African Americans of Jackson. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-5328-3 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Young, Jack – MS Civil Rights Project". mscivilrightsproject.org.
  4. ^ "Young, Jack H., Sr., 1908- - Civil Rights Digital Library".
  5. ^ "Black jurists break barriers in Mississippi legal history". WJTV. March 2025.
  6. ^ SEWELL, GEORGE A.; DWIGHT, MARGARET L. (1984). "Jack Harvey Young, Sr. Distinguished Civil Rights Lawyer (1908–1976)". Mississippi Black History Makers. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 112–117. doi:10.2307/j.ctt2tvh56.52.
  7. ^ "Obituary for Jack Harvey Young (Aged 63)". Clarion-Ledger. June 1, 2006. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
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