- Collection:
- Countee Cullen-Harold Jackman Memorial Collection
- Title:
- "Young Lost for Many Reasons", 1990
- Date of Original:
- 1990
- Subject:
- African American civic leaders
African American civil rights workers
African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta
Voting
African Americans--Politics and government
African Americans--Civil rights - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, 39.95233, -75.16379 - Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Andrew Young, a prominent civil rights activist and former United Nations ambassador, failed to become Georgia's first Black governor in a run-off election, despite efforts to build a multiracial coalition and attract businesses to the state. The article highlights the challenges faced by Black candidates in the South, including a lack of support from White voters and an inability to mobilize enough Black voters to win statewide races.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1710
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Original Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records||http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:076
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
