Former Atlanta mayor and United Nations ambassador Andrew Young addresses the 28th Annual Black History Observance Breakfast at the Columbus Convention & Trade Center in Columbus, Ga., Mon., Feb. 18, 2013. An ordained minister, Young was a civil rights negotiator in Alabama in the mid-1960s, was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1972, brought federal money into MARTA, the Atlanta rapid transit system, the new international terminal for Hartsfield Airport, and co-chaired the Atlanta Olympic Committee. (AP Photo/The Ledger-Enquirer, Robin Trimarchi)
Young is set to be honored with the John Lewis Lifetime Achievement Award at the party's Jefferson-Jackson dinner March 9 at the Georgia World Congress Center.
Young, former mayor of Atlanta, was a fixture in the civil rights movement, was elected to Congress in 1972 and was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as a U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
Young assisted in Atlanta's bid for the 1996 Olympic Games, and holds more than 80 honorary degrees from colleges and universities in America and abroad.
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