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A top aide to Martin Luther King, Jr., Andrew Young has been a witness to history and has made his own. During the cvil rights movement, he worked tirelessly as a strategist and negotiator during the campaigns that resulted in the passage of the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, and was at Martin Luther King, Jr.'s side when he was assassinated. For years, in correspondence and conversation, he has been mentoring his godson, Kabir Sehgal. In this entertaining and provocative discourse, Young shares his thoughts and meditations on such important topics as race, civil rights, faith, and leadership. Young offers his wisdom on these subjects to a new generation of young men and women in hopes that his battle-tested voice will inspire and encourage those in whose hands the world will soon rest.

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<p>Praise for Walk in My Shoes <p> A motivating history and personal story about family, courage, and faith. Walk in My Shoes is filled with the wisdom, insight, and candor only experience could harness. --Newt Gingrich, former house speaker<p> This brilliant, courageous, and intelligent man has stood for right and for Civil Rights for all people. In this book, we can follow the development of a young African American mind and the development of the movement which changed this country. He was brave, he was loving, and he was there. Thank God he lived to tell about it. --Maya Angelou<p> This book re-affirms what all of Andrew Young's friends and colleagues have always known. Andy is a preacher. Every story, episode, illustration is in fact a sermon. And every reader will be instructed and inspired by Andy's wisdom and experience. --Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Senior Managing Director of Lazard<p> Andrew Young and Kabir Sehgal open up their hearts with pitch-perfect sincerity. This is a f

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ANDREW YOUNG American politician, diplomat, and pastor from Georgia, USA, who has served as mayor of Atlanta, a congressman, and United States ambassador to the United Nations. He also served as president of the National Council of Churches USA, and was a supporter and friend of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia. KABIR SEHGAL works at JPMorgan in New York. He studied at Dartmouth College, USA, and the London School of Economics, UK. Sehgal served as a special assistant to Senator Max Cleland and on the John Kerry presidential campaign. He lives in New York City.

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