Editing Coleman Young (section)

==Legacy==
*Young is interred at [[Elmwood Cemetery (Detroit)|Elmwood Cemetery]] in Detroit.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qec4CLda6qQC&dq=coleman+young+elmwood&pg=PT131|title=Detroit: A Postcard History|first=Richard|last=Bak|date=October 7, 1998|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1439618080 |via=Google Books|access-date=March 14, 2023|archive-date=November 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115203418/https://books.google.com/books?id=qec4CLda6qQC&dq=coleman+young+elmwood&pg=PT131#v=onepage&q=coleman%20young%20elmwood&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
*The City-County Building which houses City of Detroit and Wayne County offices was renamed the ''Coleman A. Young Municipal Building'' in 1999.<ref name=mcconnell>{{cite news| title=City-County Building to honor Young| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/436145354| work=Detroit Free Press| last=McConnell| first=Darci| date=March 24, 1999| access-date=July 15, 2014| archive-date=March 4, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085152/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/doc/436145354.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+24,+1999&author=McConnell,+Darci&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&edition=&startpage=&desc=CITY-COUNTY+BUILDING+TO+HONOR+YOUNG+STRUCTURE+WILL+BE+RENAMED+FOR+FORMER+MAYOR| id={{ProQuest|436145354}}| url-status=live}}</ref>
*Young put together the financing package for the [[Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History]]. He has a wing named after him there. 
*Detroit City Airport, a general aviation facility serving Detroit, was renamed [[Coleman A. Young International Airport]] in 2003.
* In 1979, Young received the U.S. Senator John Heinz Award for Greatest Public Service by an Elected or Appointed Official, an award given out annually by [[Jefferson Awards for Public Service|Jefferson Awards]].<ref name=jefferson>{{cite web| title=National Winners| url=http://www.jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national| publisher=[[Jefferson Awards for Public Service|Jefferson Awards Foundation]]| access-date=July 15, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124043935/http://jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national| archive-date=November 24, 2010| url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In 1982, Young received the [[Congressional Black Caucus Foundation]]'s [[List of Phoenix Award winners|Adam Clayton Powell Award]]<ref>City was well represented at CBCF weekend. (1982, Sep 21). ''Philadelphia Tribune (1912–).''</ref>
* On December 6, 2022, the Michigan Legislature adopted a resolution to replace the [[Statue of Lewis Cass|Lewis Cass statue]] in the [[National Statuary Hall Collection]] with a statue of Young.<ref>{{cite web|last=Burr|first=Alyssa|url=https://www.mlive.com/politics/2022/12/statue-of-detroits-first-black-mayor-set-to-replace-cass-statue-in-us-capitol.html|title=Statue of Detroit's first Black mayor set to replace Cass statue in U.S. Capitol|date=7 December 2022|publisher=[[MLive]]|access-date=December 7, 2022|archive-date=7 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207232049/https://www.mlive.com/politics/2022/12/statue-of-detroits-first-black-mayor-set-to-replace-cass-statue-in-us-capitol.html|url-status=live}}</ref>