![]() ![]() Becoming the white face of the ‘struggle’ he cemented friendships with leading black leaders like Mandela and Oliver Tambo. When Sophiatown was demolished to make way for new development, he focussed world attention on the ‘monstrous violation of black civil rights’. There he fought stridently for black rights and railed against the rise of Afrikaner power and forced segregation. Afrikaner nationalism was on the rise and he worked in the black township of Sophiatown near Johannesburg. Four years later he was posted to South Africa. ![]() He was educated at Oxford and ordained in 1939. Huddleston was born in Chaucer Road, Bedford, on 15th June 1913. He will be remembered as one of the Anglicans’ heroes of the 20 th Century for his fight against racism and apartheid and his mentoring of many of Africa’s most prominent political and spiritual leaders. Last year we were witness to celebrations around the world marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Father Trevor Huddleston. ![]()
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