doi:10.7916/d8-jbbn-xz46Oral history with Desmond Tutu 1999Tutu, Desmondoral historiesmixed materialBishops--South AfricaReligious leadersAnti-apartheid movements--South AfricaChurch and social problems--South AfricaRace relations--Religious aspects--South AfricaSouth Africa History Soweto Uprising, 1976Tutu, DesmondUniversity of the Witwatersrand. Centre for Applied Legal StudiesLegal Resources Centre (South Africa)Carnegie Corporation of New YorkSouth Africa. Truth and Reconciliation CommissionCarnegie Inquiry into Poverty and Development in Southern Africa(Born 1931- ) Decision to leave teaching profession for ordination training, 1957; contextualizing Western theology into a uniquely African model; appointment as Anglican Dean of Johannesburg (1975): opportunity to articulate aspirations of the black majority to media; 1976 Soweto uprising as proof of new generation' s willingness to fight for liberation; importance of religion in Africa, world community, and anti-apartheid struggle; importance of support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York [Carnegie] and its role in South Africa: impact of First Inquiry on Poverty in South Africa, role of Carnegie President David Hamburg, Carnegie's support of the Centre for Applied Legal Studies and the Legal Resources Centre; witness to human capacity for good and evil as co-chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.