Rachel Maddow in Discussion with Civil Rights Leader Andrew Young

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🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Ahead of the premiere of Rachel’s new documentary, “Andrew Young: The Dirty Work,” Rachel sits down with Andrew Young and John Hope Bryant in a discussion led by Rev. Al Sharpton at Clark Atlanta University. They talk about Ambassador Young’s historic career and his key role alongside Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the civil rights movement.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Rachel Maddo.
0:08.5	So between now and the end of this year, I have two projects coming out that are both very different, but they are both big picture about the same idea.
0:21.2	They are both about the practical work it takes to build and be part of protest and
0:29.8	resistance movements in this country, movements that succeed against very difficult odds.
0:37.2	Both of these projects are about really the very personal
0:40.9	nitty-gritty of what it means to do that kind of work. And specifically what we can learn about
0:48.2	that from the Americans who have gone before us, who have done that very hard, often unsung work and built
0:57.8	movements and been part of movements and helped lead movements and ultimately in the end,
1:03.6	against the odds, those movements won. So one of those two projects is a new podcast that I'm going to have coming out before
1:12.4	the end of the year. I am almost ready to announce that, but not quite working really hard
1:16.7	on it. The other one, though, is pretty much ready to go. And that is a new documentary,
1:22.3	which is premiering on MSNBC Friday, October 17th at 9 p.m. Eastern. The documentary is basically
1:31.2	one man's story about the unglamorous, very difficult, very noble work that he did behind
1:42.6	the scenes of the civil rights movement while he was at the right hand
1:47.2	of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King. The film is called Andrew Young the dirty work. And again,
1:53.0	it premieres Friday, October 17th on MSNBC at 9 p.m. Eastern. I'm really excited for you to see it.
2:00.5	A couple of days ago, just ahead of this
2:02.6	premiere, I had the very humbling privilege of talking with Andrew Young himself. He is 93 years old.
2:11.5	I spoke with Ambassador Young and with Reverend Al Sharpton and the businessman and activist John Hope Bryant, who helped
2:20.2	bring everybody together to make this film. And the four of us sat down together to talk
2:27.3	with an audience of students and faculty at Clark Atlanta University, which is a proud and distinguished HBCU, which traces its history
2:36.9	all the way back to the era of the U.S. Civil War. Again, this was at Clark Atlanta University.
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