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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 ...
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10 de set. de 2021 · Andrew Young, o primeiro embaixador afro-americano dos Estados Unidos na ONU, ganhou seu lugar na história. Mas ele atribui sua inspiração a outro pioneiro, Ralph Bunche. Morto há 50 anos,...
9 de mar. de 2022 · By Richard Fausset. March 9, 2022. ATLANTA — Andrew Young was beaten by white supremacists at a civil rights march in St. Augustine, Fla., in 1964. And he was close by when an assassin’s bullet...
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16 de abr. de 2024 · Andrew Young, American politician, civil rights leader, and clergyman who served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1973–77) and later was mayor of Atlanta (1982–90). In 1990 Young, who was a Democrat, ran for governor of Georgia but lost in the primary. Learn more about his life and career.
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8 de jun. de 2023 · Andrew Young was at Martin Luther King’s side throughout often violent struggle for civil rights. Andrew Young, 91, is one of the last surviving members of Martin Luther King Jr.’s inner circle. Together, the two men launched the fight for voting rights toward the passage of law. (June 7)
Young was an architect of the first U.S. Africa policy grounded in human rights rather than simply cold war calculus, and he helped negotiate an end to white-minority rule in Namibia and Zimbabwe. Young was instrumental in the building of modern-day Atlanta. He was elected Mayor in 1981 and re-elected in 1985 with nearly 85 percent of the vote.
