10                                  Ann Tanneyhill

Farmer, Roy Innis, Bayard Rustin—is clear. His unceasing effort
to be the "voice of the voiceless" is chronicled through memo¬
randa, correspondence, news clips, a weekly newspaper column.
To Be Eqital, TV and radio interviews, tape recordings, photo-
 

Young in his office at the National Urban League.
 

graphs, and above all, in the hundreds of his speeches. The story
of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and
the March from Selma to iVIontgomery is told. The crank letters
of hate, attack, and vilification are there. And also there arc the
letters expressing confidence and praise in support of the man, the
Urban League and its work, and the goal of "equal opportunity."
Whitney Young's two hard-cover books—To Be Equal (1964)
and Beyond Racism (1969) succinctly delineate and dissect the
problem of racial injustice in America, and propose solutions. The
Collection, and the two volumes together, give a complete and
comprehensive picture of the man, his philosophy, and his con¬
tributions to his native land.