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
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