- Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
- 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, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, 39.95233, -75.16379
- Medium:
- newspaper clippings
- 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. 1 page.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.076:1710
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: achives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- Original Collection:
- Voter Education Project Organizational Records
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:076 - Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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