Interview with Andrew Young, October 31, 2012

Collection: Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral History Collection

Dublin Core

Subject

African Americans--History

African American religious leaders

United States--Officials and employees

African American politicians

Religious leaders

United States--Civil rights

Description

A former member of Congress, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and two-term Mayor of Atlanta, Andrew Young began his political career as a minister and civil rights activist. Young discusses his upbringing in New Orleans, education, early career as a United Church of Christ minister, and civil rights work with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The interviews closes with Young’s memories of Dr. King’s assassination, time in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1970s, and service as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations during President Jimmy Carter’s administration.

Creator

Andrew Young

Bob Short

Date

2012-10-31

Identifier

RBRL220ROGP-144

Coverage

Georgia

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Repository

Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

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Citation

Andrew Young and Bob Short, “Interview with Andrew Young, October 31, 2012,” UGA Special Collections Libraries Oral Histories, accessed November 21, 2024, https://russelllibraryoralhistory.org/RBRL220ROGP/RBRL220ROGP-144.