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The Pathfinders: 12 notables who changed the way we think

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They fought oppression, overcame obstacles, made us laugh. More importantly, they made us think. Here’s a brief look at a dozen inspirational people we lost in 2014.

Novelist Nadine Gordimer was among about 300 white liberals who visited Alexandra, the black township near Johannesburg on May 18, 1986 to lay wreaths at the grave of victims of political unrest.

South African author Nadine Gordimer left a powerful anti-apartheid legacy

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