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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 556 

Commemorating the 90th birthday of former Mayor of Atlanta, ambassador, 

and congressional representative Andrew Jackson Young and recognizing 

the contributions of Andrew Jackson Young to civil and human rights 

and his work to uplift Georgia. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 24, 2022 

Mr. WARNOCK submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Commemorating the 90th birthday of former Mayor of Atlanta, ambassador, and congressional representative Andrew Jackson Young and recognizing the contributions 

of Andrew Jackson Young to civil and human rights 

and his work to uplift Georgia. 

Whereas Andrew Jackson Young was born on March 12, 

1932, to Daisy Fuller Young and Andrew Jackson 

Young, Sr., in New Orleans, Louisiana; 

Whereas Andrew Jackson Young received an undergraduate 

degree from Howard University in 1951 and a degree in 

divinity from Hartford Theological Seminary and was ordained with the United Church of Christ in 1955; 


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Whereas Andrew Jackson Young is a proud 1950 initiate of 

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; 

Whereas Andrew Jackson Young was a devoted pastor in 

Georgia and Alabama for several years, and worked with 

the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the 

USA (commonly referred to as the ‘‘National Council of 

Churches’’) from 1957 to 1961; 

Whereas Andrew Jackson Young worked diligently throughout the early 1960s with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (commonly referred to as the ‘‘SCLC’’) 

to mentor and uplift African-American leaders in communities across Georgia, and served as Executive Director 

of the SCLC in 1964 and Executive Vice President from 

1967 to 1970; 

Whereas Andrew Jackson Young worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to advance the civil rights movement; 

Whereas Andrew Jackson Young was elected to the House of 

Representatives in 1972 and 1974 and was the first African American to represent Georgia in the House of Representatives since Reconstruction; 

Whereas Andrew Jackson Young was nominated by President 

James E. Carter to serve as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1977 to 1979, and was 

awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President 

Carter in 1981; 

Whereas Andrew Jackson Young was elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, in 1981, and served 2 terms as mayor; 

Whereas, during his time as mayor, Andrew Jackson Young 

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nomic development of the city of Atlanta, making it an 

international city; 

Whereas, in 1994, Andrew Jackson Young was appointed by 

President William J. Clinton to oversee the Southern Africa Development Fund; 

Whereas Andrew Jackson Young, as Mayor of Atlanta, 

launched the Atlanta Organizing Committee to win the 

bid to host the Centennial Olympic Games and was cochairman of the host committee for the 1996 Summer 

Olympics, which were hosted in Atlanta, Georgia; 

Whereas Andrew Jackson Young served as President of the 

National Council of Churches from 2000 to 2001; 

Whereas Andrew Jackson Young established the Andrew J. 

Young Foundation in 2003, which focuses on education, 

economic justice, and global human rights; and 

Whereas Andrew Jackson Young is a husband, a father of 4 

children, a grandfather of 9 children, a great-grandfather 

of 1 child, and a renowned author, speaker and leader 

and continues to uplift the people of Georgia and the 

United States: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) commemorates the 90th birthday of Andrew 

3 Jackson Young; 

4 (2) expresses thanks and commendations to An5 drew Jackson Young and his family for his decades 

6 of public service to Georgia and to the United 

7 States; and 

8 (3) honors the life and impact of Andrew Jack9 son Young, an American civil rights hero whose 


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1 work has helped generations of people in the United 

2 States and Georgia prosper. 

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