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An Evening With Andrew Young

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HistoryMakers Episode 16 | 56m 46s | CC

Through live performances and archive photographs, An Evening with Andrew Young provides a rare look into the life and legacy of this civil rights and political icon. Sketches were performed using excerpts from Young’s book, An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America and a riveting conversation about his childhood and involvement with the Civil Rights Movement.

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