Ep. 474 — Amb. Andrew Young

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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After graduating from college, Andrew Young had a moment of extreme clarity while standing at the top of a mountain. He suddenly realized that “everything has a purpose,” and he proceeded to channel that purpose in his work as a civil rights leader and confidant to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., as a politician, and while representing the United States on the world stage as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. He joined David to reflect on his life and career, the legacy of Dr. King, the current debate over voting rights, and the state of politics in America.

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0:00.0	Music
0:06.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN Audio, the Axe Files, with your host David Axelrod.
0:18.0	Days ago we marked the birthday of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
0:23.0	You can't reflect upon Dr. King's legacy or about the civil rights movement he led,
0:28.0	without talking about Andrew Young, who was King's lieutenant during the final momentous years of his life,
0:33.0	and was a witness to his death.
0:35.0	Andy Young went on to make a mark in so many other ways as a congressman, a UN ambassador,
0:41.0	a very successful mayor of Atlanta, and more.
0:44.0	Service, he says, that was animated by the spirit of the fallen friend and leader he simply calls Martin.
0:50.0	I sat down with Andy Young this week as he closes in on his own 90th birthday
0:54.0	to recall all of that history and to talk about the events of this day.
0:58.0	Here's that conversation.
1:00.0	Music
1:06.0	Andrew Young, it's a tremendous honor to be with you, particularly in this week,
1:13.0	King Week here in the U.S.
1:17.0	And as I was getting ready for this podcast, I was thinking, well, you've been a pastor,
1:24.0	you've been a congressman, you've been a UN ambassador, you've been mayor of Atlanta.
1:28.0	Like, what do I call you?
1:30.0	What is a title you prefer?
1:33.0	Andy is good enough.
1:35.0	Okay.
1:36.0	So tell me, there's so much to talk about your history and about what's going on today.
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