Activism > Civil Rights Archives - Page 5 of 41

Mary Benson

South African anti-apartheid activist

Mary Thipe

She was in charge of recruiting young people into the African National Congress to ensure that Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the ANC’s military wing, had a steady supply of fighters.

Mary Moodley

South African political activist

Menell dedicated more than fifty years of her life to the betterment of those marginalised by the oppressive apartheid regime in South Africa, promoting non-racialism, democracy, human rights, and education.

Mary Maria Burton

Argentine-South African human rights activist

Hélène Passtoors

Belgian-Dutch activist and journalist

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

South African politician, medical doctor and anti-apartheid activist

Narriman Gadija Bazier Samuels

South African community activist

Nandisile Thoko Mpumlwana

A co-founding member of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), she was involved in political activism and promotion of the BCM in South Africa during the 1970s.