As the MLK Library celebrates the 50th ann iversary of the central library in downtown Washington D.C.\, we welcome c ivil and human rights activist Andrew Young\, joined by j ournalist and author Ernie Suggs in the celebration of th e new memoir\, The Many Lives of Andrew Young. Leading this evening's conv ersation will be CNN National Correspondent Suzanne Malveaux. This event brought to you by the DC Public Library\, Mahogany Books\, and the DC Public Library Foundation.
\nFrom his childhood in New O rleans to Howard University as a boy of fifteen\, from his work as a young pastor in Alabama to his leadership role in the SCLC\, from serving as th e first Black congressman from Georgia since Reconstruction to serving as the ambassador to the United Nations\, from two transformational terms as mayor of Atlanta co-chairmanship of the 1996 Summer Olympics Games\, from co-founding Good Works International to promoting human rights across the globe with the Andrew Young Foundation\, The Many Lives of Andrew Young te lls the inspiring\, dramatic story of civil rights hero\, congressman\, am bassador\, mayor\, and American icon Andrew Young.
\nFeaturing hundr eds of full-color photographs that capture the extraordinary life and time s of Andrew Young and a captivating narrative by acclaimed Atlanta Journal -Constitution race reporter Ernie Suggs\, interspersed with personal accou nts from Andrew Young himself\, The Many Lives of Andrew Young is both a t ribute to and an essential chronicle of the life of a man whose activism a nd service changed the face of America and whose work continues to reverbe rate around the world today.
\nThe book carries a foreword by Presid ent Jimmy Carter and an introduction by Gaurav Kumar\, President of The An drew J. Young Foundation.
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Author Bio:
Ernie Suggs has been a reporter at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
since 1997\, currently covering race and culture. At the AJC\, he is also
the publisher of the paper&rsquo\;s weekly\, Black-oriented newsletter\, U
napologetically ATL. Suggs earned his B.A. degree in English Literature fr
om North Carolina Central University in 1990\, where he was the editor in
chief and sports editor of The Campus Echo. In 1996\, Suggs was awarded a
fellowship by the Education Writers Association\, which culminated in his
award- winning\, Pulitzer-nominated series Fighting to Survive: Historical
ly Black Colleges and Universities Face the 21st Century. In 2005\, Suggs
became the Vice President of the NABJ. He was chosen for the prestigious N
ieman Fellowship at Harvard University in 2008\, and in 2009\, he joined t
he Nieman Foundation's board. Suggs received the Pioneer Black Journalist
Award from NABJ in 2013.
Moderator Bio:&nbs
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Award-winning journalist Suzanne Malveaux serves as the net
work's national correspondent\, covering politics\, national news\, intern
ational events and culture. Previously\, she co-anchored CNN's Around The
World and co-anchored the network's Emmy-winning coverage of the revolutio
n in Egypt and the network's Peabody Award-winning coverage of the Arab Sp
ring.
Malveaux also covered the White House for more than 10 years as
a White House correspondent--covering Presidents Bill Clinton\, George W.
Bush\, and Barack Obama traveling to Europe\, Africa\, The Balkans\, Lati
n America\, Southeast Asia\, Australia and the Middle East. She has interv
iewed all 5 living Presidents\, and several First Ladies. Malveaux also ma
de news when she interviewed Donald Trump in April 2011\, challenging him
on his false Obama birther narrative\, as he contemplated a Presidential r
un.
In March of 2012\, Malveaux returned to Rwanda---the former civi
l war torn African nation she had covered 14 years ago with then President
Clinton\, and updated the reconciliation efforts. Later in October\, she
returned to South Africa where she interviewed the family of Nelson Mandel
a and covered Soweto "36 years out of the student uprising". Years earlier
\, in 1998\, she covered President Bill Clinton's tour of Mandela's prison
cell at Robben Island\, with the Civil Rights leader.
In September 2
011\, Malveaux embedded with U.S. troops in Afghanistan for the 10th anniv
ersary of 9/11 where she led breaking news coverage of the Taliban's terro
rist attack on the U.S. Embassy there.
Malveaux was recently recogniz
ed by Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism for covering "On
e of the top 50 stories of the Century" for her reporting on then Senator
Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. During that time Malveaux reported and
crafted a 90 minute documentary on Senator Barack Obama\, and served as a
panelist questioning the candidates in the Democratic Presidential Primar
y Debate in Charlotte\, North Carolina in Jan. 2008\, and Democratic Presi
dential Debate in Las Vegas in Nov. 2007. She also played a key role in CN
N's Emmy-winning election coverage of 2006 and 2004.
Malveaux covered
President Obama's 2013 inauguration in Washington\, D.C. and the Democrat
ic National Convention in Charlotte\, N.C.
In September 2005\, Malvea
ux returned to her family's hometown of New Orleans where she reported on
the devastation and recovery following Hurricane Katrina. She was part of
the coverage teams that earned CNN a Peabody Award for its Katrina reporti
ng and a duPont Award for CNN's coverage of the tsunami disaster in Southe
ast Asia.
Among the stories Malveaux has broken for CNN are: the reti
rement of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor\, the plea deal of lob
byist Jack Abramoff\, and White House personnel changes.
Before joini
ng the network in May 2002\, Malveaux was a correspondent for NBC News bas
ed in Chicago and Washington\, D.C. During her tenure\, she traveled the c
ountry covering breaking news for MSNBC reporting on 9/11\, the Pentagon\,
politics\, the 2000 Ballot recount\, and Clinton's impeachment trial.
Malveaux started as a general assignment reporter for WRC-TV in Washingt
on\, D.C.\, and WFXT-TV and New England Cable News in Boston. Before getti
ng into the news business\, Malveaux produced documentaries in Egypt and K
enya and worked on a one-hour documentary on the Great Depression with Bos
ton-based Blackside Inc.
Malveaux has been named an Aspen Institute H
enry Crown Fellow\, an Aspen Global Leadership Network fellow\, an Honorar
y Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority\, and holds 3 Honorary Bachelor deg
rees.
She has participated in numerous panels at the Aspen Institute
Ideas Festival and Brainstorming summits. She serves on the Board of Colum
bia University's Graduate School of Journalism and the International Women
's Media Foundation.
Malveaux was awarded with a Gracie Award from th
e Alliance for Women in May for her 2013 ALS series. She has also been rec
ognized as "One of America's Most Powerful Players Under 40" by Black Ente
rprise\, Ebony's ''Outstanding Women in Marketing &\; Communications"\,
The Root.com 100's "Most Influential Young African Americans"\, and Essen
ce Magazine's "2009 Journalist of the Year".
Malveaux is personally d
edicated to promoting awareness and research for ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease
). Malveaux chronicled her mother's battle against the disease in a series
of CNN reports in 2013 ('My Mother's Journey with ALS').
Malveaux ea
rned a Bachelor's degree from Harvard University and a Master's degree in
Journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.