Andrew Young Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Early life== Andrew Young was born on March 12, 1932, in [[New Orleans]], to Daisy Young, a schoolteacher, and Andrew Jackson Young, a dentist. Young's father hired a professional boxer to teach Andrew and his brother to defend themselves. In a 1964 interview with author [[Robert Penn Warren]] for his book, ''[[Who Speaks for the Negro?]],'' Young recalls the tensions of segregation in New Orleans, especially growing up in a fairly well-to-do household. He recalls his parents trying to "compensate for segregation" by providing for their children but were reluctant to help less wealthy black communities in the area.<ref name=vanderbilt-whospeaks /> Young attended [[Dillard University]] for one year before graduating from [[Howard University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/honorable-andrew-young|title=The Honorable Andrew Young's Biography|website=The HistoryMakers|language=en|access-date=January 5, 2020}}</ref> He then earned a divinity degree from [[Hartford Seminary]] in [[Hartford, Connecticut]], in 1955. He is a member of [[Alpha Phi Alpha]] fraternity.<ref name="civil-rights-ambassador" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page