Andrew Young: Politician, Diplomat, And Activist

Andrew Young is an politician, diplomat, and activist. Andrew Young was born on March 12, 1932 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Andrew Young was part of a middle class family growing up. His father was a dentist and his mother was a teacher. When he was a child he had travel away from his neighborhood to attend a segregated school. When he finished high school he attended Howard University. After he finished school at Howard University he chose to study at Connecticut’s Hartford Theological Seminary. In 1955 he became an ordained minister. When he worked as a pastor he organized voter registration drives and decided to join the Civil Rights Movement. Two years later he moved to New York City and worked with the National Council of Churches. In 1961