Andrew Young

==Awards and honors==

* [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]];<ref name=britannica-andrewyoung />
* France's [[Légion d'honneur]];
* The [[NAACP]] Spingarn Medal;
* Four Freedoms Award for the Freedom of Worship;<ref name=roosevelt-institute />{{dead link|date=December 2016}}
* More than 45 honorary degrees including awards from [[Dartmouth College|Dartmouth]], [[Yale]], [[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]], [[Clark Atlanta University|Clark Atlanta]], [[Emory University|Emory]], [[Oglethorpe University]], [[Lakeland University]] and the [[University of Georgia]];
* 1978 Adam Clayton Powell Award ([[List of Phoenix Award winners|Phoenix Award]])<ref name=":0">"Past Phoenix Award Honorees (1996 – 2018)". https://s7.goeshow.com/cbcf/annual/2020/documents/CBCF_ALC_-_Phoenix_Awards_Dinner_Past_Winners.pdf</ref>
* Legend in Leadership Award, [[Yale University]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute Honors Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella with Legend in Leadership Award {{!}} Yale School of Management |url=https://som.yale.edu/story/2022/yale-chief-executive-leadership-institute-honors-microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-legend |access-date=May 28, 2023 |website=som.yale.edu |language=en}}</ref>
* 1983 Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]]<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=  https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#public-service}}</ref> 
* 1995 Eagle Award from the [[United States Sports Academy]]. The Eagle Award is the Academy's highest honor and was awarded to Young for his significant contribution to international sport.
* 1996 Harold Washington Award ([[List of Phoenix Award winners|Phoenix Award]])<ref name=":0" /><ref>Haywood, R. L. (September 30, 1996). CBCF convenes <dfn>26th annual legislative</dfn> conference in nation's capital. ''Jet, 90'', 4.</ref>
* Honorary Co-Chair of the [[World Justice Project]];
* 2005 "Louisiana Legend" by [[Louisiana Public Broadcasting]] in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]], along with timber industrialist Roy O. Martin Jr., comedian [[Kix Brooks]], and the [[Louisiana State University]] athletic legends [[Paul Dietzel]] and [[Sue Gunter]]<ref name=legacy-legend />
* 2010 Heroes, Saints and Legends Honoree, given by the Foundation of Wesley Woods;<ref name=atlanta-biz-2010-01-18 />
* The 2011 Lifetime Achievement [[Emmy Award]], for his involvement on ''Look Up and Live'';<ref name=cbs-emmys-honor-young />
* 2012 Georgia Trustee. Given by the [[Georgia Historical Society]], in conjunction with the [[Governor of Georgia]], to individuals whose accomplishments and community service reflect the ideals of the founding body of [[Trustee Georgia|Trustees]], which governed the Georgia colony from 1732 to 1752.<ref name=savannah-2012-01-22 />
* 2018 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage.<ref name=ivan-allen-prize />
* 2023 induction into the [[Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite press release |last=Fame |first=Black Music and Entertainment Walk of |title=Black Music and Entertainment Walk of Fame Announces its Black History Month Class of Inductees |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/black-music-and-entertainment-walk-of-fame-announces-its-black-history-month-class-of-inductees-301736121.html |access-date=March 12, 2023 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Places named after Andrew Young===

* In 1999 [[Georgia State University]] in Atlanta renamed its public policy school the [[Andrew Young School of Policy Studies]] to honor Young.<ref name=young-school />
* International Boulevard, near [[Centennial Olympic Park]], was renamed Andrew Young International Boulevard, in honor of his involvement in bringing the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] to Atlanta.
* The Andrew Young Center for International Affairs at [[Morehouse College]] was named after Young.
* The Andrew and Walter Young YMCA, the only full-service [[YMCA]] operating in Southwest Atlanta, is named after Young and his younger brother.<ref name=atlantamag-ymca />
* A [[Delta Air Lines]] [[Boeing 767|Boeing 767-300ER]] bears Young's name in recognition of his civil rights achievements.<ref name=delta-honor />
* On March 11, 2021, Delta Air Lines renamed the building at the entrance to their headquarters as the "Ambassador Andrew J. Young International Building<ref>{{Cite web|title=Delta renames Atlanta headquarters building in honor of Ambassador Andrew Young|url=https://news.delta.com/delta-renames-atlanta-headquarters-building-honor-ambassador-andrew-young|access-date=2021-03-11|website=Delta News Hub|language=en}}</ref>"
* The Andrew Young Crossing<ref>{{Cite web|title=Andrew Young Crossing|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/andrew-young-crossing|website=Atlas Obscura}}</ref> in St. Augustine, FL