Andrew Young
Ambassador Andrew Young began work in the Civil Rights
movement when, as a Protestant minister, he joined the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference in 1960. Instrumental in
the fight for desegregation, he became one of Martin Luther
King Jr.'s closest associates and served as executive director
of the conference from 1964 to 1970. In 1972, Young was
elected the first African-American congressman from Georgia
since 1871. He served two terms in the House before joining
the Carter Administration as ambassador to the United Nations
in 1977. Young served as mayor of Atlanta from 1981 to 1989.
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