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Andrew Young

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Born March 12, 1932 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Also known as Rev. Andrew Young · Andrew Jackson Young Jr.

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Biography

Andrew Jackson Young Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the civil rights movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a close confidant to Martin Luther King Jr.

Awards & recognition

  • honorary doctorate · 2022
  • honorary doctorate · 2014
  • Lifetime Achievement Emmy · 2011
  • Trustees Award · 2011
  • honorary degree from Spelman College · 2003
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  • honorary degree · 2000
  • honorary doctor of the Duke University · 2000
  • honorary doctorate · 1998
  • Gold Olympic Order · 1996
  • Phoenix Award · 1996
  • honorary doctorate from Emory University · 1991
  • honorary doctorate · 1983
  • honorary degree · 1982
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom · 1981
  • Phoenix Award · 1978
  • Spingarn Medal · 1978
  • honorary doctor of the Howard University · 1977
  • honorary degree · 1975
  • honorary degree · 1974
  • honorary doctor of Yale University · 1973
  • Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Worship
  • honorary degree

Filmography17 titles

Integration Report 1

1960as Self

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970as Self (archive footage)

Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story

2020as Self

4 Little Girls

1997as Self - SCLC

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

2020as Self

MLK/FBI

2020as Self

King In The Wilderness

2018as Self

A Man's Story

2011as Self

The Colbert Report

2005as Self

I Am Somebody

1970as Self

Backyard Wilderness

2018as Dad

Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told

2024as Self (archive footage)

This World Is Not My Own

2023as Self

South to Black Power

2023as Self

Rather

2023as Self - Civil Rights Activist & Politician

Get In The Way: The Journey of John Lewis

2017as Self

Downing of a Flag

as self