James Hunter Young (October 26, 1858 – April 11, 1921) was an American soldier and politician from North Carolina.

[3] President Benjamin Harrison nominated Young twice for the position of Collector of the Port of Wilmington but the U.S. Senate failed to confirm him.

As owner and editor of the Raleigh Gazette (then "the most popular black newspaper in the Piedmont region of North Carolina"[4]) from 1893 to 1898, Young helped organize the electoral fusion of the state's Republicans and Populists.

Historian Helen G. Edmonds called Young "the outstanding Negro in the state legislature during the Fusion period."

The members of Young's regiment clashed with local whites, when allowed to visit towns on weekend furloughs.