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Desmond Mpilo Tutu (born October 7 , 1931 ) is a South African cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. Tutu was the first black South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, and...


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Name: Desmond Tutu, Archbishop
Birth Date: October 7, 1931
Place of Birth: Klerksdorp, South Africa
Nationality: South African
Gender: Male
Occupations: anti-apartheid activist, religious leader

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Biography of Desmond Tutu, Archbishop
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In the 1980s Archbishop Desmond Tutu (born 1931) became South Africa's most prominent opponent of apartheid, that country's system of racial discrimination. The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize of 1984 to Desmond Mpilo Tutu made him the most visible...


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Sharpeville Massacre · Soweto uprising Treason Trial Rivonia Trial · Church Street bombing CODESA · St James Church...


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National Review
Tutu and South Africa. (Desmond Tutu)
11/30/1984: 317 words, approx. 1 pages
BISHOP DESMOND TUTU of South Africa was on "Sabbatical leave" in the United States when it was announced that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize. He immediately flew home, receiving a tumultuous reception at the airport. He held a press conference and embraced...
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The Boston Globe
Desmond Tutu and the power of truth
06/09/1998: 904 words, approx. 3 pages
James Carroll's column appears regularly in the Globe. Archbishop Desmond Tutu has already won the Nobel Peace Prize: He should win it again. The South African prelate, in presiding over that nation's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is shaping an entirely new kind of...
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AP News
Tutu's Nobel Prize stolen, recovered
6/11/2007: 250 words, approx. 1 pages
The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Archbishop Desmond Tutu was stolen in a burglary at the clergyman's Soweto home but later recovered, police said Monday.Another award of significant value recovered was a "golden key" to the city of Sacramento, Calif., Gauteng police spokeswoman Superintendent Thembi...
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Tutu becomes barbecue day patron
9/5/2007: 273 words, approx. 1 pages
Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu became patron of national barbecue day Wednesday, declaring that the shared love of open air cooking was a unifying force between blacks and whites in a still divided country.The title "Patron of National Braai Day" was one more honor for...
 


 

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