Gary Younge

Gary Andrew Younge FAcSS, FRSL (born January 1969) is a British journalist, author, broadcaster and academic. He was editor-at-large for The Guardian newspaper, which he joined in 1993. In November 2019, it was announced that Younge had been appointed as professor of sociology at the University of Manchester and would be leaving his post at The Guardian, where he was a columnist for two decades, although he continued to write for the newspaper. He also writes for the New Statesman.

Gary Younge

FAcSS FRSL
Younge in 2014
BornGary Andrew Younge
January 1969 (age 55)
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England
Occupation
  • Columnist
  • academic
  • author
  • broadcaster
Alma materHeriot-Watt University
City, University of London
Subject
  • Racial politics
  • Left-wing politics
Notable works
  1. No Place Like Home: A Black Briton's Journey Through the American South (2002)
  2. The Speech: The Story Behind Dr Martin Luther King Jr's Dream (2013)
  3. Another Day in the Death of America (2016)
SpouseTara Mack
Children2
Website
www.garyyounge.com

Younge is the author of the books No Place Like Home (2002), Stranger in a Strange Land (2006), Who Are We – And Should It Matter in the 21st Century? (2011), The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream (2013) and Another Day in the Death of America (2016).

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