Harold Cressy (1 February 1889 – 23 August 1916) was a South African headteacher and activist. He was the first Coloured person to gain a degree in South Africa and he worked to improve education for non-white South Africans. He co-founded a teachers group which opposed the apartheid Bantu Education Act.
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1 February 1889 Rorke's Drift
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Died |
23 August 1916 (aged 27)
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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