Andy Young marches during 90th birthday celebration
The 90th birthday of former civil rights worker, Georgia congressman, Atlanta mayor and United Nations ambassador Andrew Young is being celebrated this week. On Thursday morning, Young spoke to a crowd gathered in Centennial Olympic Park for a march for peace and reconciliation. The march route traveled to Rodney Cook Sr. Park in Vine City, where a statue of Young was to be unveiled. It was one of many events planned for Young to celebrate his birthday on Saturday.
COMING UP
The exhibit “The Many Lives of Andrew Young” at the Millennium Gate Museum will open to the public Saturday.
Also on Saturday, the Georgia World Congress Center will host Young’s 90th birthday gala at 6 p.m. to raise money to further the work of the Young Foundation. Tickets are sold out.
COMING IN THE AJC
Saturday’s paper will look at Young’s impact on Atlanta, from an exclusive interview. Sunday’s Living section will feature Young in an essay by staff writer Ernie Suggs, and it will also take look at Young’s latest book.
Andrew Young at 90
The Atlanta Journal-Constituion is celebrating Andrew Young’s 90th birthday with these articles old and new:
Plans for Andy Young’s 90th birthday
Andrew Young looks back at 90 years and smiles, mostly
Timeline: Andy Young’s remarkable life
New book excerpt: The Many Lives of Andrew Young
Essay: Andrew Young: congressman, ambassaor, mayor, brother
Andy Young marches during 90th birthday celebration
Quotes: 90 years of wisdom from Andrew Young
Photos: Andrew Young through the years
About the Author
Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
