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Andrew Young is sworn in as United Nations ambassador by Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, as President Jimmy Carter looks on at the White House, Jan. 31, 1977 in Washington.
At the corner of Joseph E. Lowery Blvd. and West End Ave. on the Morehouse College campus Friday, 92-year-old U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young sat and waited for a bus. He wasn’t alone. Five other ...
“Forever Young – A Tribute to Andrew Young,” a black-tie gala hosted by National Jewish Health, is slated to take place at the Woodruff Arts Center Galleria in Atlanta on May 12. As part of ...
Andrew Young is a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and a two-term mayor of Atlanta. The nation last saw him as he delivered a heartfelt ...
In a moment that fused Atlanta’s past, present and future, five of the city’s mayors came together to honor the man who helped shape their path — Ambassador Andrew Young.
THOMASVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Annie Walden remembers 70 years ago when Andrew Young began his career as a pastor of a small Black church in Thomasville in 1955 — years before he became a civil ...
Andrew Young Talks Trump’s Latest Policies: ‘I Don’t Know What Kind Of Games They’re Playing’ If unbothered were a person, his name would be Andrew Young.
Lisa Young Alton, the daughter of civil rights leader and former Ambassador Andrew Young, has died at the age of 67. Local leaders have responded with tributes to Alston's compassion and kindness.
Lisa Young Alston, the second daughter of former U.N. Ambassador and Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, died at the age of 67 after what her family called “a long struggle” with pancreatic cancer.
Lisa Young Alston, the daughter of civil rights icon and former U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young, passed away on Friday, March 14. The Young and Alston families confirmed her passing in a statement ...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The daughter of Andrew Young, a former Atlanta mayor and prominent civil rights figure, ...