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Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the civil rights movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and a close confidant to Martin Luther King Jr. Young later became active in politics, serving as a U.S. Congressman from ...
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The life, achievements and contributions of Andrew Young, the first African-American U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and an invaluable aide to the Rev. Dr. Martin ...
The exhibition chronicles the life of the Honorable Andrew Young – civil rights leader, former Atlanta mayor, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and Georgia’s former 5th District ...
Civil Rights icon Andrew Young — a former ambassador, congressman, Atlanta mayor and member of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s inner circle, is coming home to the south Georgia city where he ...
Jean Childs Young (July 1, 1933 – September 16, 1994) was an educator and advocate for equal access to education in the United States. Young also dedicated much of her life to involvement in children's rights, and served as the American chairwoman of the United Nation's International Year of the Child in 1979.
Andrew Young was born to the stationmaster of Elgin in Scotland in 1885. Two years later his father moved to Edinburgh, where young Andrew attended the Royal High School and later took an arts degree at the University of Edinburgh.
A United Nations ambassador. Atlanta's mayor. Martin Luther King Jr.'s confidant. Attendees were taken through the many lives of Andrew Young on Monday at Drake.
Andrew Douglas Young (1881–1950), Australian stockbroker; Andrew Young (poet, born 1885) (1885–1971), Scottish clergyman and poet; Andrew Young (mathematician) (1891–1968), Scottish mathematician and natural scientist; Andy Young (psychologist) (fl. 1970s–present), British neuropsychologist; Andi Young, Asian-American singer and songwriter