Andrew Young
American politician, diplomat, activist and pastor · United States · Directors · Born 1932 · age 94
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Something wrong?Andrew Jackson Young Jr. 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 as a close confidant to Martin Luther King Jr.
A life in dates
Andrew Young: The Dirty WorkFilm2024
Live from the LBJ Library with Mark UpdegroveSeries
Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never ToldFilm, 20242022Honorary DoctorateAward2021
Downing of a FlagSeries
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel StoryFilm, 20212020
Ali's Comeback: The Untold StoryFilm2017
Get In The Way: The Journey of John LewisFilm2014Honorary DoctorateAward2013
Martin Luther King and the March on WashingtonFilm2011Lifetime Achievement EmmyAward
A Man's StoryFilm, 20112008
Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the ImpressionsFilm2005
The Colbert ReportSeries2004Citizen KingFilm2003Honorary Degree from Spelman CollegeAward2000Honorary DegreeAward
The American PresidentSeries, 2000Thomas Jefferson1998Honorary DoctorateAward
I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in AmericaFilm, 19981996Gold Olympic OrderAward1992
The Real Malcolm XFilm1983Honorary DoctorateAward1982Honorary DegreeAward
Traveling HopefullyFilm, 19821981Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1978Phoenix AwardAward1977Honorary Doctor of the Howard UniversityAward1974Honorary DegreeAward1973Honorary Doctor of Yale UniversityAward1970
I Am SomebodyFilm1960
Integration Report 1Film1932Born12 March 1932Photos 3
Filmography 30
AWAndrew Young: The Dirty Work
TWThe Games in Black & WhiteFTFreaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told
RARather
SPSouth to Black Power
TOThis World Is Not My Own
MCMove When the Spirit Says Move: The Legacy of Dorothy Foreman CottonSSSpiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
MFMLK/FBI
JPJimmy Carter: Rock & Roll PresidentASAli's Comeback: The Untold Story
FWFandango at the Wall
KWKing in the Wilderness
BWBackyard Wilderness
TWTriumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
MMMartin Luther King by Trevor McdonaldGLGet In The Way: The Journey of John LewisMWMartin Luther King and the March on WashingtonASA Man's Story
WCWhy We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black ComedyMIMovin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the ImpressionsIAI Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
LG4 Little GirlsTXThe Real Malcolm XTHTraveling Hopefully
ASA Decade of StruggleISI Am Somebody
KMKing: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisIRIntegration Report 135 credits on file
Television 4
LULive from the LBJ Library with Mark UpdegroveDFDowning of a FlagTRThe Colbert ReportTPThe American PresidentAwards
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Spouse: Jean Childs YoungAbout this person
Andrew Jackson Young Jr. 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 as a close confidant to Martin Luther King Jr. A member of the Democratic Party, Young later became active in politics, serving as a U.S. Congressman from Georgia, United States Ambassador to the United Nations in the Carter Administration, and 55th Mayor of Atlanta. He was the first African American elected to Congress from Georgia since Reconstruction, as well as one of the first two African Americans elected to Congress from the former Confederacy since Reconstruction. Since leaving office, Young has founded or served in many organizations working on issues of public policy and political lobbying.
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