“If I hadn't been so outspoken, Jimmy Carter wouldn't have wanted me.”

American politician, diplomat, and activist

Andrew Jackson Young Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, activist, and former pastor. Born in 1932, he became a leading figure in the civil rights movement and later held major offices in Georgia and in the United States government. Young served as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr. He later represented Georgia in Congress, served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations in the Carter administration, and was the 55th mayor of Atlanta. He was the first Black American elected to Congress from Georgia since Reconstruction, and his later work has focused on public policy and political advocacy.