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News Articles: Andrew Young

Billy Payne and Andrew Young are the subjects of the new documentary, 'The Games in Black & White.'

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New documentary reframes Atlanta's 1996 Olympic Games as a blueprint for overcoming division

The Games in Black & White goes beyond the headlines to spotlight the legendary friendship between two Georgia icons who built bridges between Atlanta and the world.

April 25, 2025
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Lisa Young Alston, daughter of civil rights leader Andrew Young, dies at 67

Lisa Young Alston, daughter of Ambassador Andrew Young, has died at 67.

March 17, 2025
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  • Pamela Kirkland
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., president of Southern Christian Leadership Conference, testifies, Dec. 15, 1966 before a Senate Government Operations Subcommittee studying urban problems and poverty. Rev. Andrew Young is left.

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Georgia Today: Andrew Young Reflects on Legacy, Faith and America’s Future

From marching in Selma to serving as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. under President Jimmy Carter, Andrew Young has shaped history. Now 93, he looks back on his extraordinary life and the work still left to do. GPB's Pamela Kirkland sits down with Andrew Young in this bonus episode of Georgia Today.

March 15, 2025
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  • Pamela Kirkland
Caption: Andrew Young (right, standing) leads a prayer with Amelia Boynton, the Rev. Hosea Williams, John Lewis, and Bob Mants before the first march to Montgomery on March 7, 1965.  Credit: Spider Martin/Briscoe Center for American History

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At 93, Andrew Young reflects on legacy, faith and America’s future. He has no plans of slowing down

Civil rights icon Andrew Young reflects on his 93rd birthday, his lifelong pursuit of justice, and his unwavering faith in America’s future.

March 12, 2025
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  • Pamela Kirkland
The Honorable Andrew Young speaks a Homily next to the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter, during a state funeral at Washington National Cathedral, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Washington.

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LISTEN: Andrew Young praises Jimmy Carter's 'little deeds of love and mercy' during funeral Homily

The civil rights icon, pastor and former Atlanta mayor served as Ambassador to the United Nations during Jimmy Carter/s presidency and remembered his friend of 50 years as a man of courage and integrity.

January 09, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Former Pres. Jimmy Carter, right, greets former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young at a dinner of the National Mental Health Association to honor former ambassador W. Averell Harriman, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1981, Washington, D.C. Young, who served in the U. N. post under Pres. Carter, is currently involved in a run-off campaign for the office of mayor of Atlanta. (AP Photo/Scott Applewhite)

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'His words and his spirit will always be with us.' Andrew Young on Jimmy Carter's life, faith, service

As tributes pour in for former President Jimmy Carter following his passing, one of his closest allies, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Andrew Young, reflects on their decades-long friendship and Carter's enduring legacy.

January 02, 2025
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  • Pamela Kirkland
U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young meets with President Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office in 1979.

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In honor of Jimmy Carter's centennial, Andrew Young reflects on a friendship built on service

As Jimmy Carter marks his 100th birthday, few people know him better than former Ambassador to the U.N. and civil rights leader, Andrew Young. The two have shared a decades-long friendship rooted in faith and a commitment to public service. He spoke with GPB's Morning Edition about his friend's lasting influence and how the two first met. 

October 01, 2024
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  • Pamela Kirkland
Attendees gather and pray during a Black Man Lab meeting to discuss the candidacy of Vice President Kamala Harris, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Atlanta.

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Black men emerge as key constituency in 2024 race, bringing dynamic views to the top of politics

The potential election of Vice President Kamala Harris has refocused attention on Black men, a demographic that Democrats and Republicans view as persuadable but whose multifaceted experiences and political preferences often go unaddressed in public debate.

August 19, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Civil rights icon Andrew Young signs a book for Sonjia Daymond at the opening of a traveling exhibit chronicling his life, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024 in Thomasville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)

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Andrew Young returns to South Georgia city where he first became pastor for exhibit on his life

Civil rights icon Andrew Young has come home to the south Georgia city where he first became a pastor in 1955. Young is billed as the star guest at the opening of a traveling exhibit in Thomasville aptly called "The Many Lives of Andrew Young."

August 09, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Civil rights icon Andrew Young signs a book for Sonjia Daymond at the opening of a traveling exhibit chronicling his life, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024 in Thomasville, Ga.

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Andrew Young returns to south Georgia city where he first became pastor for exhibit on his life

Civil rights icon Andrew Young has come home to the south Georgia city where he first became a pastor in 1955. Young is billed as the star guest at the opening of a traveling exhibit in Thomasville on Thursday. The aptly called "The Many Lives of Andrew Young" will be held at an arts center not far from Bethany Congregational Church.

August 09, 2024
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Senator Jon Ossoff speaks at the Martin Luther King Jr, National Historical Park to announce a prison reform bill has become law on August 7, 2024.

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Ossoff joins Georgia civil rights leaders to announce federal prison reform bill signed into law

Sen. Jon Ossoff joined Georgia civil rights leaders this Tuesday to announce his criminal justice reform bill has been signed into law.

August 07, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
Andrew Young, former UN Ambassador, attends a ceremony honoring former President Jimmy Carter and Jimmy Carter Blvd. on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, in Norcross, Ga.

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France bestows further honor on former United Nations ambassador and Atlanta mayor Andrew Young

The government of France has bestowed a further honor on Atlanta's Andrew Young. French Ambassador Laurent Bili promoted Young to an officer in France's Legion of Honor on Thursday in Atlanta.

October 20, 2023
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The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, speaks to thousands during his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. Actor-singer Sammy Davis Jr. is at bottom right.

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At March on Washington's 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights

Sixty years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. issued his resounding call for racial harmony that set off decades of push and pull toward progress. On Saturday, as civil rights leaders and their allies mark 60 years since the original March on Washington, they hope to recapture the spark that forever changed America.

August 23, 2023
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Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledges the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. As the country awaits a Supreme Court decision on whether one of those laws, the Voting Rights Act, will be reinforced or further eroded, a small, vanishing group who lived at the epicenter of the struggle for voting rights six decades ago is reflecting on the times and their struggles, and why it was worth it.

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Voices from the violent civil rights era see attacks on voting rights as part of ongoing struggle

People at the epicenter of the fight for voting rights six decades ago are reflecting on the times and their struggles. They're certain their struggles were worth it.

June 09, 2023
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Civil Rights icon Andrew Young speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, May 18, 2023, in Atlanta. Young, one of the last surviving members of Martin Luther King Jr.'s inner circle, recalled the journey to the signing of the Voting Rights Act as an arduous one, often marked by violence and bloodshed.

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Andrew Young was at Martin Luther King's side throughout often violent struggle for civil rights

Andrew Young, one of the last surviving members of Martin Luther King Jr.'s inner circle, recalls the journey to the signing of the Voting Rights Act as an arduous one, often marked by violence and bloodshed. Now 91, Young says voting rights have always been the vehicle for equality and notes that progress has never happened in a straight line.

June 09, 2023
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