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Andrew Young Re-election Campaign Dinner, circa 1974

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View of (left to right) Jean Young, the wife of Andrew Young; United States Representative Andrew Young of Georgia; United States Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota; and Marge Thurman, the Chairperson of the Georgia Democratic Party, listening to Shirley Franklin (at podium), a government official in the City of Atlanta's Bureau of Cultural Affairs, speak at a re-election campaign fundraiser for Congressman Andrew Young, at the Fairmont Colony Square Hotel in the Midtown area of Atlanta, Georgia.Andrew Young is a minister and civil rights activist from Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Young was executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and an ally of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973-1976, and was Ambassador to the United Nations in the administration of President Jimmy Carter. He later served as mayor of Atlanta from 1982-1989, and was instrumental in securing bid for the 1996 Olympic Games.

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Atlanta History Center

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Applause
  3. Atlanta
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Civil Rights Leaders
  6. Dinner Parties
  7. Fairmont Colony Square Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.)
  8. Food
  9. Franklin, Shirley, 1945
  10. Fundraising
  11. Georgia
  12. Government
  13. Hotels
  14. Mondale, Walter F., 1928
  15. Political Campaigns
  16. Political Elections
  17. Politicians
  18. Politics And Government
  19. Speeches, Addresses, Etc
  20. Tables
  21. Tableware
  22. Thurman, Marge
  23. United States
  24. Women
  25. Young, Jean Childs

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