Andrew young jr biography

Andrew Jackson Young Jr. Young later became active in politics, serving as a U. He was the first African American elected to Congress from Georgia since Reconstruction , as well as one of the first two African Americans elected to Congress from the former Confederacy since Reconstruction, alongside Barbara Jordan of Texas.

Young's father hired a professional boxer to teach Andrew and his brother to defend themselves. He recalls his parents trying to "compensate for segregation" by providing for their children but were reluctant to help less wealthy black communities in the area. Young attended Dillard University for one year before graduating from Howard University.

He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

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Young was appointed to serve as pastor of a church in Marion, Alabama. It was there in Marion that he met Jean Childs , who later became his wife. Young became interested in Mahatma Gandhi 's concept of nonviolent resistance as a tactic for social change. He encouraged African Americans to register to vote in Alabama, and sometimes faced death threats while doing so.

It was at this time that he became a friend and ally of Martin Luther King Jr.