Desmond Tutu: References & Edit History
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Tutu’s life and beliefs are chronicled in Shirley Du Boulay, Tutu: Voice of the Voiceless (1988); Desmond Tutu and John Allen, The Rainbow People of God: The Making of a Peaceful Revolution (1994); and John Allen, Rabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorized Biography of Desmond Tutu (2006).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Al Jazeera - Desmond Tutu: A prisoner of faith. | Aug 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CBC News - 'We are so thankful for him': Archbishop Desmond Tutu's legacy reverberates in Toronto. | Jul 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - Desmond Tutu: A prisoner of faith. | May 05, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - An Interview with Archbishop Desmond Tutu. | Mar 23, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 22, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Desmond Tutu. | Nov 14, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC News - Profile: Archbishop Desmond Tutu. | Apr 25, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CSUSB ScholarWorks - Desmond Tutu (1931�2021). | Feb 15, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Elders - Desmond Tutu. | Feb 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Dictionary of African Christian Biography - Desmond Tutu. | Aug 16, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Jun 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN World - Desmond Tutu Fast Facts. | Mar 21, 2022 | ||
| He died on December 26, 2021. | Dec 26, 2021 | ||
| Changed “black” to “Black” throughout article. | Jul 24, 2020 | ||
| Cross-references added. | Sep 12, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: My Hero - Biography of Desmond Tutu. | Jan 25, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: United For Human Rights - Biography of Desmond Tutu. | Dec 12, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academy of Achievement - Desmond Tutu. | Aug 01, 2016 | ||
| Updated with 2013 Templeton Award. | Apr 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: South African History Online - Biography of Mpilo Tutu. | Jan 10, 2013 | ||
| Updated with award from Mo Ibrahim Foundation in October 2012. | Oct 04, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Desmond Tutu. | Aug 25, 2011 | ||
| Updated with his retirement from public life on his 79th birthday. | Oct 07, 2010 | ||
| Added Tutu's announcement that he would retire from public life in October 2010. | Jul 22, 2010 | ||
| Added Tutu's latest book, Made for Goodness: And Why This Makes All the Difference, coauthored with daughter Mpho Tutu, to list of his writings. | Apr 09, 2010 | ||
| Added photo of Tutu participating in Truth and Reconciliation Commission proceedings. | Apr 09, 2010 | ||
| He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. | Aug 13, 2009 | ||
| Bibliography updated. | Aug 03, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 03, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: South African History Online - Biography of Desmond Tutu. | Apr 15, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Nobel Prize - Biography of Desmond Tutu. | Apr 15, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Moreorless - Biography of Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu. | Apr 15, 2009 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 23, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jun 21, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 16, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Apr 30, 1999 |
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