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HBCU alumni: Politicians and civil rights leaders
Historically black colleges and universities have produced some of this country’s most revered politicians and civil rights leaders.
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Andrew Young: Seminary graduate, pastor, civil rights leader, U.N. ambassador, member of the U.S. House, two-term mayor of Atlanta. Young graduated from Howard in 1951 with a biology degree before earning a divinity degree at Hartford Theological Seminary in Connecticut. (Pouya Dianat / AJC file)
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