Coleman Young, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit (died 1997)

Coleman Young

American politician (1918–1997)

Coleman Alexander Young was an American politician who served as mayor of Detroit, Michigan from 1974 to 1994. Young was the first African-American mayor of Detroit and has been described as the "single most influential person in Detroit's modern history."

List of mayors of Detroit

This is a list of mayors of Detroit, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The current mayor is Mike Duggan, who was sworn into office on January 1, 2014.