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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaAndrew Jackson YOUNG, Jr.
(1932- )
YOUNG, Andrew Jackson,
Jr., a Representative from Georgia; born in New Orleans,
Orleans Parish, La., March 12, 1932; educated in public schools of
New Orleans, Gilbert Academy, and Dillard University; B.S., Howard
University, 1951; B.D., Hartford Theological Seminary, 1955;
ordained by the United Church of Christ; served as pastor in
Marion, Ala., and in Thomasville and Beachton, Ga.; associate
director, Department of Youth Work, National Council of Churches,
1957-1961; executive director, Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, 1964; executive vice president, Southern Christian
Leadership Conference, 1967; chairman, Atlanta Community Relations
Commission, 1970-1972; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-third
and to the two succeeding Congresses and served from January 3,
1973, until his resignation January 29, 1977, to become United
States representative to the United Nations with the rank of
Ambassador and served in that capacity until his resignation
September 23, 1979; elected mayor of Atlanta, Ga., October 27,
1981; reelected in 1985 and served from January 4, 1982, to January
2, 1990; unsuccessful candidate in 1990 for nomination for governor
of Georgia; is a resident of Atlanta, Ga.
Bibliography
DeRoche, Andrew. Andrew Young: Civil Rights Ambassador.
Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 2003; Young, Andrew. An
Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of
America. New York: HarperCollins Publishing, Inc., 1996.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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