December 1953 - Dr. Alfred B. Xuma, short and dapper

December 1953 - Dr. Alfred B. Xuma, short and dapper he has done much to awake political conciousness among the African people. He rose from herd boy, houseboy, horse trainer, teacher, shipping clerk, hotel and train waiter to one of the country's most influential black leaders and thinkers. He was president of the African National Congress for nine years. He has travelled extensively in the United States and in Europe and lectured in the cause of race relations. In 1946 he was awarded a certificate of merit by the African Academy of Arts and Research in New York for his work among his people -the second person to receive the award that year after Haille Selassie, of Ethiopia. (Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA)

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