World Leaders against Apartheid

Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, African-American intellectual and leader of Pan African Movement
W.E.B. Du Bois and the Struggle Against Racism in the World, by Herbert Aptheker, July 1983.
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948). "...in a way I belong to South Africa."
Archbishop Trevor Huddleston (1913-1998). Isitwalandwe. President of the Anti-Apartheid Movement, London
Sean MacBride, S.C., Foreign Minister of Ireland (1948), United Nations Commissioner for Namibia and leader of organisations for human rights and peace
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964). Prime Minister of India, 1947-1964
Julius Nyerere (1922-1999). President of Tanzania 1960-1985
Olof Palme (1927-1986). Prime Minister of Sweden, 1969-76, 1982-86. A leader of the Socialist International
Bishop Ambrose Reeves (1899-1981), Former Bishop of Johannesburg
Paul Robeson (1898-1976). African-American athlete, actor and singer; fighter against racism and colonialism
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980). French philosopher, writer. "Those who are Confronting Apartheid should know that they are not alone"

Last updated: 3 May, 2003