Awards and Honors
- Presidential Medal of Freedom
- France's Légion d'honneur
- The NAACP Springarn Medal
- More than 45 honorary degrees including awards from Dartmouth, Yale, Notre Dame, Clark Atlanta, Emory, and the University of Georgia.
- 1995 Eagle Award from the United States Sports Academy. The Eagle Award is the Academy's highest honor and was awarded to Young for his significant contribution to international sport.
- Honorary Co-Chair of the World Justice Project.
- The 2011 Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award, for his involvement on Look Up and Live.
- 2012 Georgia Trustee. Given by the Georgia Historical Society, in conjunction with the Governor of Georgia, to individuals whose accomplishments and community service reflect the ideals of the founding body of Trustees, which governed the Georgia colony from 1732 to 1752.
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