Helen Suzman, Anti-Apartheid Crusader, Dies At 91
Helen Suzman, pictured just before her 90th birthday, at her home in Johannesburg.
Helen Suzman, pictured just before her 90th birthday, at her home in Johannesburg.
Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty ImagesA pioneering political leader in the fight against apartheid, for 13 years Suzman was the sole representative in South Africa's all-white Parliament to reject race discrimination. She died Thursday at 91.
Fresh Air remembers Suzman with a 1993 interview about her memoir, In No Uncertain Terms.
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