Maxcine Young

In New York, she sang in the Abbsynia Baptist Church choir, which was pastored by Adam Clayton Powell.

[3] After moving to Michigan, she worked as a disk jockey with her own show on Detroit radio station WJLB[4] in 1954, and also as a realtor, and business manager.

"[9] She served as Chairman of the Traffic Safety Commission and helped pass the bill to add photos to driver's licenses.

[10] Young was included in the April 1965 publication of Ebony Magazine's article "States Boast Record Number of Negro Law Makers"[11] The article listed Maxcine Young among 18 Senators and 76 Representatives elected to serve in 24 different states.

[11] After leaving the Michigan Legislature, Young was elected and served 8 years as a Wayne County Commissioner in Detroit.