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Civil rights icon Andrew Young signs a book depicting the many roles he's served over the last 70 years during the opening of an exhibit of his life, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024 in Thomasville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)

Civil rights icon Andrew Young signs a book depicting the many roles he's served over the last 70 years during the opening of an exhibit of his life, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024 in Thomasville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)

Civil rights icon Andrew Young signs a book for Sonjia Daymond at the opening of a traveling exhibit chronicling his life, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024 in Thomasville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)

Civil rights icon Andrew Young signs a book for Sonjia Daymond at the opening of a traveling exhibit chronicling his life, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024 in Thomasville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)

President Joe Biden, left, and civil rights activist Andrew Young attend an event commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, Monday, July 29, 2024, at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

President Joe Biden, left, and civil rights activist Andrew Young attend an event commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, Monday, July 29, 2024, at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The Bethany Congregational Church, where Andrew Young first served as a pastor in 1955, is shown, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Thomasville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)

The Bethany Congregational Church, where Andrew Young first served as a pastor in 1955, is shown, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Thomasville, Ga. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)

FILE - Vice President Al Gore, left, along with Billy Payne, right, CEO of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG), and co-chair of the ACOG Andrew Young, standing at center, watch a video at the White House, Aug. 2, 1995, during a meeting of the White House Task Force on the Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Denis Paquin, File)

FILE - Vice President Al Gore, left, along with Billy Payne, right, CEO of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG), and co-chair of the ACOG Andrew Young, standing at center, watch a video at the White House, Aug. 2, 1995, during a meeting of the White House Task Force on the Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Denis Paquin, File)

FILE - A federal marshal reads a court order halting a planned voter registration protest as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., right, and fellow marcher Andrew Young, left, look on in Selma, Ala., March 9, 1965. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - A federal marshal reads a court order halting a planned voter registration protest as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., right, and fellow marcher Andrew Young, left, look on in Selma, Ala., March 9, 1965. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Andrew Young is sworn in as United Nations ambassador by Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, as President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter looks on at the White House, Jan. 31, 1977 in Washington. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Andrew Young is sworn in as United Nations ambassador by Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, as President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter looks on at the White House, Jan. 31, 1977 in Washington. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this June 12, 1964 file photo, Andrew Young leans into a police car to talk to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the back seat with a police dog as he is returned to jail in St. Augustine, Fla., after testifying before a grand jury investigating racial unrest in the city. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this June 12, 1964 file photo, Andrew Young leans into a police car to talk to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the back seat with a police dog as he is returned to jail in St. Augustine, Fla., after testifying before a grand jury investigating racial unrest in the city. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young, left, joins Haiti's President for-life Jean-Claude Duvalier in a toast after their meeting, Monday, Aug. 15, 1977 in Port Au Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young, left, joins Haiti's President for-life Jean-Claude Duvalier in a toast after their meeting, Monday, Aug. 15, 1977 in Port Au Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Civil rights worker Andrew Young, walks ahead as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. hops over a puddle, in front of Rev. Ralph Abernathy, leading hundreds of African Americans to the court house in a voter registration drive in Selma, Ala. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Civil rights worker Andrew Young, walks ahead as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. hops over a puddle, in front of Rev. Ralph Abernathy, leading hundreds of African Americans to the court house in a voter registration drive in Selma, Ala. (AP Photo, File)