Andrew Young

Andrew Jackson Young (born March 12, 1932) is an American politician, diplomat, activist, and Congregationalist pastor www.georgiaencyclopedia.org from Georgia. 

He has served as a Congressman from Georgia's 5th congressional district, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, and Mayor of Atlanta. 

He served as President of the National Council of Churches USA, and was a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) during the Civil Rights Movement. He was a supporter and friend of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

References

Other websites

Biography  in the New Georgia Encyclopedia
Oral History Interview with Andrew Young from Oral Histories of the American South
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Andy Young's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project
Good Works International, founder 
Andrew Young's federal campaign contribution report 

interview with Young on A Way Out of No Way: The Spiritual Memoirs of Andrew Young , Booknotes, April 3, 1994.

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