apartheid
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Pillay’s career includes challenging apartheid in South Africa and serving on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, where she helped establish legal precedents recognizing sexual violence as an act of genocide.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
Ms. Pillay began her life’s work as an attorney defending opponents of apartheid, but that cruelty was defeated two generations ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
From there, he traced a line through the Civil Rights Movement and Black opposition to apartheid in South Africa.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
Meyer was one of the chief mediators to end white-minority rule known as apartheid in South Africa in the 1990s.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
I learned about the music of the apartheid era and how it was the musicians and artists, even more than the politicians and activists, who informed the world about the country’s injustices.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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