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Desmond Tutu (7 October 1931 – 26 December 2021) was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then Archbishop of Cape Town from 1986 to 1996, in both cases being the first Black African to hold the position.
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Apr 12, 2024 · Desmond Tutu (born October 7, 1931, Klerksdorp, South Africa—died December 26, 2021, Cape Town) was a South African Anglican cleric who in 1984 received the Nobel Prize for Peace for his role in the opposition to apartheid in South Africa. (Read Desmond Tutu’s Britannica entry on the South African truth commission.)
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- What is Desmond Tutu best known for?Desmond Tutu was a South African Anglican archbishop best known for his opposition to apartheid in South Africa, for which he received the Nobel Pr...
- Where did Desmond Tutu go to college?Desmond Tutu attended St. Peter’s Theological College in Johannesburg and was ordained an Anglican priest in 1961. In 1966 he obtained an M.A. from...
- How did Desmond Tutu change the world?Desmond Tutu drew national and international attention to the iniquities of apartheid. He emphasized nonviolent protest and encouraged the applicat...
- What is Desmond Tutu’s religion?Desmond Tutu was Anglican.
- What awards did Desmond Tutu receive?Desmond Tutu’s many awards and honours include the Nobel Prize for Peace (1984), the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009), an award from the M...
Dec 26, 2021 · Desmond Mpilo Tutu was born on Oct. 7, 1931, in Klerksdorp, on the Witwatersrand in what is now the North West Province of South Africa. His mother, Aletha, was a domestic worker; his father ...
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Bishop Desmond Tutu was born in 1931 in Klerksdorp, Transvaal. His father was a teacher, and he himself was educated at Johannesburg Bantu High School. After leaving school he trained first as a teacher at Pretoria Bantu Normal College and in 1954 he graduated from the University of South Africa. After three years as a high school teacher he ...
Dec 26, 2021 · Desmond Tutu, pictured in 1980 in London, died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021 at age 90. The South African anti-apartheid campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize laureate campaigned for human rights at home—and ...
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- Aryn Baker
Dec 26, 2021 · Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice, has died at 90. Tutu was an uncompromising foe of apartheid, South Africa’s brutal regime of oppression against its Black majority.
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Dec 26, 2021 · Desmond Mpilo Tutu. The Nobel Peace Prize 1984. Born: 7 October 1931, Klerksdorp, South Africa. Died: 26 December 2021, Cape Town, South Africa. Residence at the time of the award: South Africa. Role: Bishop of Johannesburg; former Secretary General, South African Council of Churches (S.A.C.C.) Prize motivation: “for his role as a unifying ...
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