Description
The Many Lives of Andrew Young by Ernie Suggs, published in 2023. Signed by Andrew Young, Ernie Suggs and Donald Bermudez.
Quarto, 262pp. Blue cloth, title stamped in silver. Appears unread. Hundreds of color illustrations and letters throughout. In the publisher’s dust jacket, light shelf wear, a near fine example. Signed on the title page: “Peace + Blessings / Andrew Young / Love, Ernie Suggs 9/27/23 / Donald Bermudez 9/27/23.”
Andrew Young (b. 1932) represented Georgia’s 5th Congressional District in Congress, served as President Jimmy Carter’s Ambassador to the United Nations and served as the 55th Mayor of Atlanta. He began his career as a pastor in Alabama and eventually became associated with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He was a colleague and friend of Martin Luther King, Jr., helping to strategize the Civil Rights Campaigns across the South. He was the first African American Ambassador to the United Nations, then Mayor of Atlanta.
