Accomplishments
Desmond Tutu is considered one of the leading figures in the effort to overcome Apartheid in South Africa. |
In 1984, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his commitment. |
Besides former President Nelson Mandela, Tutu is among the most prominent supporters of SOS Children's Villages in South Africa.
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In 1978 Desmond Tutu was
appointed general secretary of the South African Council of Churches and became
a leading spokesperson for the rights of black South Africans.
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During the 1980s he played an unrivaled role in drawing
national and international attention to the iniquities of apartheid.
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Desmond Tutu
stands among the world's foremost human rights activists. Like Nelson Mandela,
Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., his teachings reach
beyond the specific causes for which he advocated to speak for all oppressed
peoples' struggles for equality and freedom.
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