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Young, Andrew

March 12, 1932

Andrew Young’s work as a pastor, administrator, and voting rights advocate led him to join Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in the civil rights struggle. Young, who entered electoral politics shortly after King’s assassination, credited King with giving “purpose and sustenance” to his life (Young, 474). “He left his mark on me, both in indelible memories and in the spiritual and practical lessons of our trials and triumphs,” Young recalled. “It is by the quality of those days that I have come to measure my own continuing journey” (Young, 474).

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on 12 March 1932, into a middle-class family, Young earned a BS (1951) in biology from Howard University before studying to become a minister. In 1955 he earned a divinity degree at Hartford Theological Seminary and was ordained as a minister in the United Church of Christ. In 1957, after serving as a pastor at Bethany Congregational Church in Thomasville, Georgia, Young joined the National Council

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Andrew Young

American politician, diplomat, activist and pastor (born 1932)

For other people with the same name, see Andrew Young (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Andrew Yang.

Andrew Young
Young in 2013
In office January 4, 1982 – January 2, 1990
Preceded by	Maynard Jackson
Succeeded by	Maynard Jackson
In office January 30, 1977 – September 23, 1979
President	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	William Scranton
Succeeded by	Donald McHenry
In office January 3, 1973 – January 29, 1977
Preceded by	Fletcher Thompson
Succeeded by	Wyche Fowler
Born	Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (1932-03-12) March 12, 1932 (age 92) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Jean Childs (m. 1954; died 1994) Carolyn McClain (m. 1996)
Children	4
Education	Howard University (BS) Hartford Seminary (BDiv)

Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American politician,

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November 7

If there was a Mt. Rushmore for civil rights icons, Andrew Young would be on it. But his achievements go well beyond civil rights: Young has served as congressman, United Nations ambassador and mayor of Atlanta.

Andrew Jackson Young Jr. was born in New Orleans in 1932. He became involved in the civil rights movement while pastoring a church in Thomasville, Georgia and joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1961. As one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s most trusted aides, Young organized voter registration drives and desegregation campaigns throughout the South. Young was with Dr. King when he was assassinated in 1968.

In 1972, Young became the first African-American since Reconstruction to be elected to Congress from Georgia. He was re-elected twice before Jimmy Carter appointed him ambassador to the United Nations in 1977.

In the 1980s, he served two terms as mayor of Atlanta, playing a pivotal role in Atlanta’s rise as an international city and was instrumental in bringing the 1996 Olympic Games to Atlanta.

Georgia’s first black congressman in th