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Andrew Young

Mar 12, 1932 - New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Andrew Jackson Young Jr. is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the civil rights movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a close confidant to Martin Luther King Jr.

Known For Credits

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Cast

Media
Movie	2008	Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions	Self
Movie	2020	Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story	Self
Movie	2018	Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald	Self
Movie	2023	This World Is Not My Own	Self
Movie	2009	Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy	Self
Movie	2021	Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story	Self
Movie	2013	Martin Luther King and the March on Washington	Self
Movie	2023	Move When the Spirit Says Move: The Legacy of Dorothy Foreman Cotton	Self
Movie	1998	I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America	Self
Movie	1970	King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis	Self (archive footage)
Movie	1960	Integration Report 1	Self
Movie	2023	Rather	Self - Civil Rights Activist & Politician
Movie	1997	4 Little Girls	Self - SCLC
Movie	2023	South to Black Power	Self
Movie	2018	Backyard Wilderness	Dad
Movie	2004	Citizen King	Self
Movie	2018	Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace	Self
Movie	2011	A Man's Story	Self
Movie	1980	A Decade of Struggle	Self
Movie	1970	I Am Somebody	Self
Movie	2020	Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President	Self
Movie	2020	MLK/FBI	Self
Movie	2017	Get In The Way: The Journey of John Lewis	Self
Movie	2018	King in the Wilderness	Self
Movie	2024	Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told	Self (archive footage)
Movie	1982	Traveling Hopefully	Self - Ambassador
Movie	2025	The Games in Black & White	Himself
TV Show	2005	The Colbert Report	Self	1
TV Show	2021	Downing of a Flag	self	2
TV Show	2000	The American President	Thomas Jefferson	10

Crew

Media
Movie	2020	Fandango at the Wall	Executive Producer	Production