Andrew Young looks back at 90 years, and smiles, mostly
Subject
Andrew Young; Atlanta; Civil Rights Movement
Description
Born in the Deep South’s New Orleans and educated in Washington, D.C., at Howard University, Young was extra cautious. About six years earlier at a conference at the Butler Street YMCA he watched the Ku Klux Klan march down Auburn Avenue — the heart of Black Atlanta.
Creator
By Ernie Suggs, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Source
Publisher
ajc.com
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