"I was raised that way: don't get mad, get smart."

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Source: Post-Racial America? Not Yet, Civil Rights Legend Andrew Young Says by Devin Dwyer, abcnews.go.com. May 25, 2010.

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Andrew Young

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Andrew Young is a prominent civil rights leader and diplomat known for his role in the Civil Rights Movement and as a former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

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