Black Fact = (1976) Young

Black Fact = 1976 (December 16) –  Andrew Jackson Young, Jr.,politician, activist, and diplomat, was named Ambassador and Chief U.S.Delegate to the United Nations.

Born on March 12, 1932, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Andrew Young Jr. became active in the Civil Rights Movement, working with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Entering politics, Young served in Congress, was the first African-American ambassador to the United Nations and became mayor of Atlanta. In 1981, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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