Robert C. Young's Life

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  • Robert Young is born

    Robert C. Young is born a slave in western Virginia

  • Hired

    Young began woring in the president (of Dickinson College), Robert Dashiell's house as a servant in Carlisle

  • Graduate

    Young's oldest son, Robert G. Young graduated High School in Carlisle
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    Longest Serving Employee

    Young's job working at Dickinson College was secure since 1885 and is known as the longest serving employee of the college.

  • Application

    Young begins his attempts at getting his son accepted into Dickinson's Preparatory School for a good education
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    Accepted

    Robert G. Young got accepted into the Preparatory after this event started getting pressured by national news. Young only stayed at Dickinson for a year until he eventually left.

  • Anti-Discrimination Protest

    Anti-slavery committe, involving Young, Henry Spradley, and others, spoke out about the issue of discrimmination. The High School Alumni Association refused to grant membership to colored students, class of '88. This speech was used to begin a protest about rights.

  • Burial

    Young died in 1922, honored at Union Cemetery