Andrew Young

Andrew Young was born on Mar 12, 1932 in USA. Andrew Young's big-screen debut came with Rwanda Rising directed by CB Hackworth in 2007, strarring Self - Presenter: Former Ambassador to the United Nations. Andrew Young is known for Rwanda Rising directed by CB Hackworth, Andrew Young stars as Self - Presenter: Former Ambassador to the United Nations and John Bosco Bisimana as Self - Farmer. The upcoming new movie Andrew Young plays is Leaving Selma which will be released on Aug 27, 2011.

Andrew Young is a prominent civil rights leader and politician. He first became a minister within the United Churches of Christ in the 1950s. Early in his career he studied Gandhi's methods of nonviolent resistance. Young became involved in voter registration drives within the civil rights movement. He became an assistant to Dr. Martin Luther King early in King's career. Young gained a reputation as a negotiator and a strategist. At the time of King's death in 1968, Young had become the executive director of King's organization (the SCLC).In the early 1970s Young was elected to Congress, representing the region of Atlanta, Georgia. During the administration of President Jimmy Carter in the late 1970s, Young was appointed to be the U.S Ambassador to the United Nations. In the 1980s he was elected to two terms as Mayor of Atlanta. In the 1990s Young was instrumental in bringing the Olympic Games to Atlanta. In the 2000s Young served as the president of the National Council of Churches, and as co-chair of GoodWorks International.