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Civil rights advocates - Coggle Diagram

- - - - In 1976, Yunus gave his first small loan of $27 to a group of women basket weavers, which allowed them to make a small profit and escape debt.
        
        The bank expanded to a 100-country network, helping millions of poor people achieve economic empowerment and escape poverty.
        
        In 1983, he established the Grameen Bank (Village Bank), based on his conviction that credit is a fundamental human right.
- - - - Opposed apartheid.
        
        Supported economic boycott of South Africa.
        
        Promoted national reconciliation.
        
        Fought for democracy, equality, and an end to racial divisions.
    - - Desmond Tutu (1931–2021), South African human rights activist.
        
        Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.
        
        First black Archbishop of Cape Town & Johannesburg.
        
        Chairperson of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission (1994).