Hall of Fame Inductee
Honorable Andrew Young
Howard University
About
Andrew Young, a Howard University alumnus, worked beside Martin Luther King Jr. in the SCLC, then served in Congress, as U.N. ambassador, and as mayor of Atlanta. He helped bring the 1996 Olympic Games to the city.
Accomplishments
U.S. representative, U.N. ambassador, and two-term mayor of Atlanta.
Close SCLC aide during the civil-rights movement.
Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame in 1993.
Year of award
1993
Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame — Government and Law.