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Former Mayor of Atlanta

Andrew Young, born on March 12, 1932, is a former Mayor of Atlanta. He played a significant role in the civil rights movement and achieved notable accomplishments in politics and diplomacy.

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Famous Andrew Young Quotes

“Nobody Black had learned anything from the `Letter from the Birmingham Jail' or from the `I Have a Dream' speech. That was a revelation of white people.”

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“Freedom is a struggle, and we do it together. Not only together as black citizens, but black and white together.”

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“I was much more comfortable and a much better congressman running in a district that was 37 percent black, where I had to have a white constituency to get elected, than I would have been if I was in a 75 percent black district.”

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“We were trying to transform America, not triumph over white folk.”

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Book:An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America

Source: An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America

“No one who's white thinks he's innocent. No one who's black thinks he's guilty.”

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Author:Andrew Young

About the Author

Born: March 12, 1932
Known for: Former Mayor of Atlanta
Quotes: 80

Books & Sources

A way out of no way: the spiritual memoirs of Andrew YoungRelated source material

An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of AmericaRelated source material

Quiet as moss: thirty-six poemsRelated source material

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