PHOTOS: Atlanta welcomes Desmond Tutu over the years

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PHOTOS: Atlanta welcomes Desmond Tutu over the years

The late Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist and retired archbishop, paid visits to metro Atlanta over the years.

Desmond Tutu responds to questions during an interview at Emory University on Friday, August 28, 1998. Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died at age 90, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Dec. 26, 2021. (AJC file photo/Charlotte B. Teagle)

Archbishop Desmond Tutu (left) acknowledges the ovation during a celebration in Cannon Chapel at Emory University on April 27, 2000. To his right is Charles R. Foster, Interim Dean and Professor of Religion and Education at Emory University. Tutu received the Coventry Cross from the university. (AJC file photo/Charlotte B. Teagle)

Archbishop Desmond Tutu teaches a theology class at Emory University in March 1999 and commands the attention of all his students with his enthusiasm and exuberance even when propping on a podium in front of his chalkboard. (AJC file photo/Charlotte B. Teagle)

Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1984 Nobel Peace Prize), Coretta Scott King, John Hume (1998 Nobel Peace Prize) and Andrew Young (Former mayor of Atlanta and U.S. ambassador) are pictured at the Global Citizens Circle at the Omni Hotel, on Sunday, January 17, 1999. King received the first Walter J. Dunfey Lifetime Award for Peace and Reconciliation. (AJC file photo/Levette Bagwell)

Desmond Tutu kisses his wife, Leah, during a gathering while at Emory University in March 1999. He completed a two-year tenure in 2000 as a visiting professor in the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. (AJC file photo/Charlotte B. Teagle)

After teaching a theology class at Emory University, Archbishop Desmond Tutu walks out of Cannon Chapel at Emory University in front of some of his students on Oct. 1, 1999. Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died at age 90, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Dec. 26, 2021. (AJC file photo/Charlotte B. Teagle)

Archbishop Desmond Tutu waits on his introduction before speaking to a church full of people of different faiths at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Sept. 8, 1999. He was introduced by the Rev. David Jenkins of the Christian Council of Metro Atlanta. (AJC file photo/Charlotte B. Teagle)

Archbishop Desmond Tutu high-fives with students at Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Monday morning after speaking to the entire school in September 1999. He also answered questions from the audience. (AJC file photo/Leita Cowart)

Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa addresses the congregation at Antioch Baptist Church North in Atlanta on Sunday, July 21, 1996, during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. (AJC file photo/Jacob Ware/AP)

Bernard C. Parks (from left), Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Stevie Wonder smile during an induction ceremony at the King Historic Center. at the King Historic Center on Jan. 23, 2006. The International Civil Rights Hall of Fame inducted 10 new inductees; their shoe prints line the sidewalk outside the center along with their names. (AJC file photo/John Spink)

Bernard C. Parks (from left), Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Jesse Jackson smile during an induction ceremony at the King Historic Center on Jan. 23, 2006. The International Civil Rights Hall of Fame inducted 10 new inductees; their shoe prints line the sidewalk outside the center along with their names. (AJC file photo/John Spink)

Archbishop Desmond Tutu was a guest speaker at the Africa Children's Fund luncheon in Atlanta. He attended the luncheon with wife Leah (center) and daughter Thande Tutu Gxashe (right) on June 21, 2002. (AJC file photo/W.A. Bridges Jr.)

Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa responds to questions during an interview at Emory University on Friday, August 28, 1998. (AJC file photo/Charlotte B. Teagle)

Archbishop Desmond Tutu (right) answers questions following his address Thursday at a 'Congressional Conversation on Race" luncheon held by the Faith & Politics Institute in 1999. With Tutu is U.S. Rep. John Lewis from Atlanta. (AJC file photo/Rick McKay/AJC Washington bureau)

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Desmond Tutu responds to questions during an interview at Emory University on Friday, August 28, 1998. Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died at age 90, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Dec. 26, 2021. (AJC file photo/Charlotte B. Teagle)

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