Young, Andrew Jackson, Jr., 1932-, African-American leader, clergyman, and public official, b. New Orleans. He was a leading civil-rights activist in the 1960s and, as a Democrat from Georgia, served (1973-77) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Under President Carter, Young was permanent representative to the UN (1977-79) and was noted for his outspokenness. He served as mayor of Atlanta (1982-90) and ran for, but failed to win, the Democratic nomination for governor of Georgia in 1990. In 1999 he was elected to a two-year term as head of the National Council of Churches.