He fought for civil rights in South Africa. He was the first black Anglican priest in South Africa.

Desmond Tutu won the Nobel Peace prize in 1984, and the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism and the Gandhi Peace Prize in 2005.

He was a courageous individual, full of integrity.

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Desmond Tutu lived in England from 1962 to 1966, where he earned a master's degree in theology. He taught theology in South Africa for the next five years, and returned to England to serve as an assistant director of the World Council of Churches in London. In 1975 he became the first black African to serve as Dean of St. Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg. From 1976 to 1978 he was Bishop of Lesotho. In 1978 he became the first black General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches.

This position gave Bishop Tutu a national platform to denounce the apartheid system as "evil and unchristian." Tutu called for equal rights for all South Africans and a system of common education. He demanded the repeal of the oppressive passport laws, and an end to forced relocation. Tutu encouraged nonviolent resistance to the apartheid regime, and advocated an economic boycott of the country. The government revoked his passport to prevent him from traveling and speaking abroad, but his case soon drew the attention of the world. In the face of an international public outcry the government was forced to restore his passport.

In 1984, Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace, "not only as a gesture of support to him and to the South African Council of Churches of which he is leader, but also to all individuals and groups in South Africa who, with their concern for human dignity, fraternity and democracy, incite the admiration of the world."

Two years later, Desmond Tutu was elected Archbishop of Cape Town. He was the first black African to serve in this position, which placed him at the head of the Anglican Church in South Africa, as the Archbishop of Canterbury is spiritual leader of the Church of England. International economic pressure and internal dissent forced the South African government to reform. In 1990, Nelson Mandela of the African National Congress was released after almost 27 years in prison. The following year the government began the repeal of racially discriminatory laws.

After the country's first multi-racial elections in 1994, President Mandela appointed Archbishop Tutu to chair the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, investigating the human rights violations of the previous 34 years. As always, the Archbishop counseled forgiveness and cooperation, rather than revenge for past injustice. In 1996 he retired as Archbishop of Cape Town and was named Archbishop Emeritus. Today he is a Professor of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Published collections of his speeches, sermons and other writings include Crying in the Wilderness, Hope and Suffering, and The Rainbow People of God.

He emerged as one of the most prominent opponents of South Africa's apartheid system of racial segregation and white minority rule. Although warning the National Party government that anger at apartheid would lead to racial violence, as an activist he stressed non-violent protest and foreign economic pressure to bring about universal suffrage.

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Desmond Tutu helped end apartheid in South Africa.

Desmond Tutu is now 'retired' but still keeps very active as a supporter of all kinds of human rights in Africa.

He has been the Anglican Archbishop of South Africa for over 2 decades. He helped bring an end to apartheid, by bringing both sides together. He has also led the fight against AIDS and other progressive issues. He is a progressive voice within the Anglican Church in Africa at a time when most of the Anglican churches in Africa are head by extreme right-wing bishops. Because of his exemplary leadership in South Africa, the Anglicans there are the only church in all of Africa that shares much in common with the American, Canadian, and English Church. Desmond Tutu has also been recognized for winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

Desmond Tutu (aged 81) is a South African Church minister who raise to world wide fame during the 80s as an opponent of the apartheid government in S. Afrcia. He was an Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town.

In South Africa at the time, the majority of the black population were not allowed to vote. They were housed in impoverished townships. Black people couldn't even use white facilities. Police beat the black people and black opposition were sometimes killed. In 1976 black school kids were unlawfully killed.

Tutu campaigned against injustice, rising in the Church and using his position to bring pressure for change through the boycott of S.African goods. He organised big peaceful demonstrations aand contributed to the release of Mandela and the end of the twisted system.

He got a Nobel Peace Prize. He got a Gandhi Peace Prize.

In front of 120,000 in 1993 he said, 'We are the rainbow people of God. We are unstoppable. Nobody can stop us on our march of victory (we are unstoppable). No one (we are unstoppable), no guns, nothing. Nothing will stop us (we are unstoppable), for we are moving to freedom. We are moving to freedom and nobody can stop is (we are unstoppable). For God is on our side.'

What he was trying to say in that speech is that they were unstoppable.

He used his faith in god to get him and the others who were in dark times through. He used non violence and prayer and speeches. He said that god needs us all and that God couldn't care less if we were black, white, brown, straight, Christian or not he loves us all and it is through us that he works.

Desmond Tutu believes that justice is a world where everyone matters, and everyone is loved and cared for.

Yes he is still alive as of February 2018.

In 1984 Tutu won the Nobel Prize for Peace, becoming then the second South African to do so. He was honored for his efforts to dismantle the oppressive rule in South Africa.

He made a public statement dedicating his Prize to the “little people” in South Africa and shared his prize money with his family, South African Church Council staff as well as a scholarship fund for South Africans in exile. The South African public had mixed reactions to his receipt of the award, some celebrating while others criticized.

The government itself remained silent about the event. He was later elected Bishop of Johannesburg and resigned as Patron of the United Democratic Front. He continued his work spreading the word of what was happening in South Africa, offering solutions along the way.

In the USA he and Dr. Allan Boesak met with Senator Edward Kennedy, inviting him to visit South Africa and addressed the United Nations Security Council as well as the Congressional Black Caucus, House of Representatives and the Senate. He continued to urge world leaders to pressure the South African government with economic sanctions.

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Desmond Tutu has 4 children

He is Anglican.

Desmond Tutu preached moderation after the South African government killing most of those that rallied against apartheid in Sharpeville in 1961. As an bishop and later an archbishop, he had a platform to speak. He was given the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. He helped convince the United Nations, United States, and United Kingdom to impose economic sanctions. He created a Peace Center in Cape Town to train future leaders to make a more equitable world in 1998.