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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 ...
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.
Andrew Young (born 1932) Georgia's 5th: January 3, 1973: January 29, 1977: Democratic: 93rd (1973–1975) Resigned to become the United States Ambassador to the ...
The grave of Andrew Young FRSE, Rosebank Cemetery. The second son of David Young, a teacher in Edinburgh, he was born in Edinburgh on 23 April 1807. He studied the arts and theology at the University of Edinburgh, where he won John Wilson's prize for the best poem on the "Scottish Highlands".
The exhibit, created by the National Monuments Foundation, chronicles Young’s life through photographs, memorabilia and his own words, based on Ernie Suggs’ book, “The Many Lives of Andrew ...
Mourners also heard from 92-year-old Andrew Young, a former Atlanta mayor, congressman and U.N. ambassador during the Carter administration. ... Georgia, where Carter was born in 1924, lived most ...
Andrew Young (born 1932) is an American civil rights activist, former congressman, and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Andrew or Andy Young may also refer to: Politics and law
Andrew Young’s first thought when he heard the Voting Rights Act had been signed into law was not celebratory. Now 91, Young is one of the last surviving members of Martin Luther King Jr.’s ...