Jack Harvey Young Sr.

Jack Harvey Young Sr. (March 9, 1908 – 1976) was a 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]

He was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He attended Jim Hill Public School and then Smith Robertson Public School. He 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 som Jack Harvey Young Jr. became a lawyer and worked with him.[7]

See also

  • R. Jess Brown[2]

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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