The Many Lives of Andrew Young: Conversation w/ Andrew Young & Ernie Suggs

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The Many Lives of Andrew Young: Conversation w/ Andrew Young & Ernie Suggs

Join us as Ambassador Andrew Young and AJC reporter Ernie Suggs discuss the new book “The Many Lives of Andrew Young,” written by Suggs.

By Emory Libraries

Date and time

Starts on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 · 7pm EST

Location

Emory Student Center at Emory University

605 Asbury Circle Atlanta, GA 30322

About this event

Emory Libraries is proud to host Ambassador Andrew Young and Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Ernie Suggs to celebrate the recent publication of the book “The Many Lives of Andrew Young,” written by Suggs. Young, a civil rights icon who turns 91 in March, was the mayor of Atlanta (1982-1990), US ambassador to the United Nations (1977-79), and served in the US House of Representatives (1973-77).

A prominent civil rights leader alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s, Young will share stories from his time at the forefront of the civil rights movement. Suggs has been a reporter at the AJC since 1997, currently covering race and culture. He is also the publisher of the paper’s weekly Black-oriented newsletter, Unapologetically ATL.

The conversation, part of Emory's observance of Black History Month, will be followed by a Q-and-A session. Books will be available for sale at the event, and a book signing will follow the conversation.

The event is sponsored by Emory Libraries; Emory University Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Michael C. Carlos Museum, and the Decatur Book Festival.

Parking is available at the Peavine deck.

From the publisher:

From his childhood in New Orleans to Howard University as a boy of fifteen, from his work as a young pastor in Alabama to his leadership role in the SCLC, from serving as the first Black congressman from Georgia since Reconstruction to serving as the Ambassador to the United Nations, from two transformational terms as mayor of Atlanta to co-chairmanship of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, from co-founding Good Works International to promoting human rights across the globe with the Andrew Young Foundation, “The Many Lives of Andrew Young” tells the inspiring, dramatic story of civil rights hero, congressman, ambassador, mayor, and American icon Andrew Young.

Featuring hundreds of full-color photographs that capture the extraordinary life and times of Andrew Young and a captivating narrative by acclaimed Atlanta Journal-Constitution race reporter Ernie Suggs, filled with personal accounts from Andrew Young himself, “The Many Lives of Andrew Young” is both a tribute to and an essential chronicle of the life of a man whose activism and service changed the face of America and whose work continues to reverberate around the world today.

About the author:

Ernie Suggs has been a reporter at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1997, currently covering race and culture. At the AJC, he is also the publisher of the paper’s weekly, Black-oriented newsletter, Unapologetically ATL.

Suggs earned his BA in English literature from North Carolina Central University in 1990, where he was editor-in-chief and sports editor of the Campus Echo. Upon graduation, he won a National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) internship to work for Gannett Newspapers. He returned to North Carolina in 1992 as a writer for the Durham Herald-Sun. In 1996, Suggs was awarded a fellowship by the Education Writers Association that culminated in his award-winning, Pulitzer-nominated series “Fighting to Survive: Historically Black Colleges and Universities Face the 21st Century.” He was hired as a reporter at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 1997. In 2005, Suggs became the vice president of the NABJ. He was chosen for the prestigious Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University in 2008, joining the Nieman Foundation’s board in 2009. Suggs was given the Pioneer Black Journalist Award by the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists in 2013.

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