A race against race in Atlanta
"When I pray 'Thy Kingdom come on earth," I mean I want Atlanta to look like heaven." The author of that lofty sentiment, Andrew Young, a former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, was elected mayor of Atlanta last week. But any hopes Young has to make the city more heavenly may depend on his ability to heal some decidedly uncelestial bitterness sowed in his campaign's final days. Young, 49, a former Congressman and lieutenant of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., accused his opponent, white businessman and State Legislator Sidney Marcus, 53,...
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