Andrew Young

Politician

Andrew Young was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States on March 12th, 1932 and is the Politician. At the age of 92, Andrew Young biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Andrew Jackson Young, Jr.
Date of Birth
March 12, 1932
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Age
92 years old
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
Profession
Diplomat, Film Producer, Human Rights Activist, Peace Activist, Politician, Writer
Andrew Young Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 92 years old, Andrew Young has this physical status:

Height
Not Available
Weight
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Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
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Build
Average
Measurements
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Andrew Young Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Congregationalist
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Gilbert Academy, New Orleans, LA (1947); Dillard University (one year)
Andrew Young Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Jean Childs, ​ ​(m. 1954; died 1994)​, Carolyn McClain ​(m. 1996)​
Children
4
Dating / Affair
Not Available
Parents
Not Available
Andrew Young Career

Early career

Young was nominated to pastor a church in Marion, Alabama. He met Jean Childs, who later became his wife in Marion, who later became his wife. Young became interested in Mahatma Gandhi's theory of nonviolent resistance as a means of social reform. He urged African Americans to vote in Alabama, but he had to face death threats while doing so. It was at this time that Martin Luther King Jr. became a mentor and ally.

In 1955, he became a pastor at Bethany Congregational Church in Thomasville, Georgia.

Young and Jean left New York City in 1957 when he accepted a job with the National Council of Churches' Youth Division. Young spent time in New York City on Look Up and Live, a CBS morning television show produced by the National Council of Churches in an effort to reach out to secular youth.

Young served as a pastor of the Evergland Congregational Church in Beachton, Georgia, from 1957 to 1959.

He attended the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1960. Young, who was no longer satisfied with his New York City job, migrated to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1961, at Bernard Lafayette's invitation, and began to register black voters. Young was a central figure in Birmingham, Alabama, as a mediator between the white and black groups as they battled against a backdrop of demonstrations.

Young was named executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1964. During the Civil Rights Campaigns in Birmingham (1963), Selma (1965), and Atlanta (1966), he was a coworker and friend of Martin Luther King Jr. (1964). He was sentenced to prison for his participation in civil rights marches in Selma, Alabama, and St. Augustine, Florida. The movement gained Congressional acceptance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Young was a teenager in Memphis, Tennessee, when King was assassinated in 1968.

Post-mayoral career

Young has served as the director of the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy and as the chairman of the Global Initiative for the Advancement of Nutritional Therapy.

Young co-chairman of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in 1996.

Young served as president of the National Council of Churches from 2000 to 2001.

Young established the Andrew Young Foundation in 2003, an association that aims to foster and promote education, health, and human rights in the United States, Africa, and the Caribbean.

Young served as Walmart's public spokesman from February to August 2006, as part of a corporate advocacy group for Walmart. Young resigned from the position shortly after a turbulent interview with the Los Angeles Sentinel in which he said, "You see those people who have been overcharging us." They've ripped off our neighborhoods in a good way, according to me. It was Jews first, then it was Koreans, and now it is Arabs.

GoodWorks Productions released Rwanda Rising, a documentary film about Rwanda's development after the 1994 Rwandan genocide. In addition, Young served as the film's narrator. In 2007, Rwanda Rising debuted as the first night selection at the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles.

The pilot episode of Andrew Young Presents, a series of quarterly, hour-long specials broadcast on nationally syndicated television, featured an edited version of Rwanda Rising.

Young appeared on the television show The Colbert Report on January 22, 2008. Young was invited to appear at the writers' strike in 1969 because Young and Colbert's father had labored together to mediate a hospital workers' strike. On November 5, 2008, Young appeared on The Colbert Report for the second time, and he talked about Barack Obama's re-election to the presidency.

Young gave the keynote address at Vanderbilt University's Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Day on January 9, 2015. Young talked about his travel experiences in Selma, stories of travelling with King, and his recommendations to the next generation of leaders.

Young delivered the keynote address at Emory University's spring commencement ceremony on May 13, 2019.

Young remarked on the marches in Atlanta in reaction to the assassination of George Floyd on May 29, 2020. "Rather than assisting the cause," he said, demonstrations, violence, and looting "hurt the cause rather than supporting it."

Young is co-chairman of Rodney Cook Sr. Park, as well as National Monuments Foundation President Rodney Mims Cook Jr. This peace park is located on Atlanta's westside and has a strong civil rights emphasis.

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Andrew Young Awards

Awards and honors

  • Presidential Medal of Freedom;
  • France's Légion d'honneur;
  • The NAACP Spingarn Medal;
  • Four Freedom Award for the Freedom of Worship;
  • More than 45 honorary degrees including awards from Dartmouth, Yale, Notre Dame, Clark Atlanta, Emory, Oglethorpe University, Lakeland University and the University of Georgia;
  • 1983 Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
  • 1995 Eagle Award from the United States Sports Academy. The Eagle Award is the Academy's highest honor and was awarded to Young for his significant contribution to international sport.
  • Honorary Co-Chair of the World Justice Project;
  • 2005 "Louisiana Legend" by Louisiana Public Broadcasting in Baton Rouge, along with timber industrialist Roy O. Martin Jr., comedian Kix Brooks, and the Louisiana State University athletic legends Paul Dietzel and Sue Gunter
  • 2010 Heroes, Saints and Legends Honoree, given by the Foundation of Wesley Woods;
  • The 2011 Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award, for his involvement on Look Up and Live;
  • 2012 Georgia Trustee. Given by the Georgia Historical Society, in conjunction with the Governor of Georgia, to individuals whose accomplishments and community service reflect the ideals of the founding body of Trustees, which governed the Georgia colony from 1732 to 1752.
  • 2018 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage.

In a scene from My Son Hunter, Biden tells Hunter, 'I suffered a hell of a lot more than you'll ever see.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 6, 2022
In the forthcoming film My Son Hunter, some of President Joe Biden's most famous gaffes, including his immortal tale about a guy named 'Corn Pop,' are recalled. Biden's catch phrases, as well as some of his incorrect ones, are shown on display in one scene, which was exclusive to DailyMail.com. As the base language of Hunter and Joe's characters, I drew dialogue from real incidents, transcripts, or emails published in the media, many of which were actual quote lines,' Brian Godawa, screenwriter for My Son Hunter, told DailyMail.com.