Andrew Young, Jr.: December 16, 1976(This Week in Black History)(Brief Article)

Jet | December 16, 1996 | Copyright

December 16 , 1976 - Andrew Young, Jr., clergyman, civil rights activist, diplomat and politician, became the United States ambassador to the United Nations on this day. Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. was born on March 12, 1932, in New Orleans, LA. During the `60s, he became involved with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), an organization headed by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As a Democrat from Georgia's 5th District, he won election to the U. S. House of Representatives in ...

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