At 93, Ambassador Andrew Young has earned the right to speak softly. Instead, the former U.N. ambassador and mayor of Atlanta chose to speak as bluntly as a police nightstick.
Standing before a trove of history in Atlanta this week, the Civil Rights icon and former Atlanta mayor issued a chilling warning: liberties won during the 20th century are under threat. But he did not sound defeated. If anything, he sounded resolute.

