Civil rights leader Fatima Meer

Fatima Meer

Living place: South Africa

Birthday: 12-8-1928 (96 years old)

Global rank: #72281

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Who is Civil rights leader Fatima Meer?
Seen in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s as an opponent of the apartheid regime, this South African activist also had a distinguished career as a scholar and writer. Her publications include Race and Suicide in South Africa, Passive Resistance, and a biography. Nelson Mandela titled Higher Than Hope. Her many honors include the 1994 Vishwa Gurjari Award for Human Rights and the 1975 Union of Journalists Award, South Africa.
 
 

Young / Before famous

After graduating from the University of the Witwatersrand, she earned a graduate degree in Sociology at the University of Natal.

Family life info

She and her siblings grew up in Durban, South Africa, in a family of Indian descent. She then gave birth to a son named Rashid.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Civil rights leader Fatima Meer?
His anti-apartheid work in collaboration with Black Thuc Movement leader Steve Biko led her to be imprisoned and denied a trial.

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When was Civil rights leader Fatima Meer born?
Fatima Meer birthday 12-8-1928 (at the age of 96).
Where is Civil rights leader Fatima Meer's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Fatima Meer was born in South Africa. is a Civil rights leader, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dragon. Fatima Meer's global rank is 72281 and whose rank is 148 in list of famous Civil rights leader.
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Events in 1928 and 12-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Fatima Meer

  • Kellogg-Briand Pact, outlawing war, is signed in Paris by 65 nations.
  • Richard E. Byrd starts an expedition to Antarctic; returns in 1930.
  • The first of Joseph Stalin's Five Year Plans imposes collectivization on agriculture in the Soviet Union.

Birthday Fatima Meer (12-8) in history

  • Day 12-8 year 1624: Cardinal Richelieu was named head of state of France by King Louis XIII.
  • Day 12-8 year 1851: Issac Singer patented the sewing machine.
  • Day 12-8 year 1865: British surgeon Joseph Lister became the first doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery.
  • Day 12-8 year 1898: Hawaii was formally annexed to the United States.
  • Day 12-8 year 1972: The last American combat troops left Vietnam.
  • Day 12-8 year 1985: In the world's worst single-aircraft disaster, a Japan Air Lines 747 crashed into Mount Osutaka, killing 520 of the 524 aboard.
  • Day 12-8 year 1998: Swiss banks agreed to pay $1.25 billion to settle lawsuits brought by Holocaust survivors and their heirs. The banks had kept millions of dollars deposited by Holocaust victims before and during World War II.
  • Day 12-8 year 2000: The Russian military submarine, Kursk, and its crew were lost in the Barents Sea.
  • Day 12-8 year 2004: N.J. governor James McGreevey announced his resignation.
  • Day 12-8 year 2013: Notorious Boston gangster James (Whitey) Bulger was found guilty of 31 of the 32 charges he faced, including murder, extortion, money laundering, drug dealing and possession of weapons.
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