Description
Andrew Young is one of the most important figures of the U.S. civil rights movement and one of America's best-known African American leaders. Working closely with Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he endured beatings and arrests while participating in seminal civil rights campaigns. In 1964, he became Executive Director of the SCLC, serving with King during a time of great accomplishment and turmoil. In describing his life through his election to Congress in 1972, this memoir provides revelatory, riveting reading. Young's analysis of the connection between racism, poverty, and a militarized economy will resonate with particular relevance for readers today.
Author: Andrew Young
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 03/01/2008
Pages: 582
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.60d
ISBN13: 9781602580732
ISBN10: 1602580731
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- Political Science | Civil Rights
- History | United States | 20th Century
About the Author
Andrew Young was born in New Orleans in 1932. In 1960, he joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He served as its executive director from 1964 to 1970. He was elected to three terms in Congress and two terms as Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. He was the first African American to be appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.