Sammy Younge Jr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSammy Younge Jr.
American activist
Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1944
Place of Birth: Tuskegee, Alabama, United States
Date of Death: 03-Jan-1966
Profession: activist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
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.
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