Tutu remembered as 'true humanitarian' dedicated to human rights

Desmond Tutu, South Africa's archbishop emeritus, who died on Sunday, was remembered as a "true humanitarian" committed to racial equality.

Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday, was remembered as a "true humanitarian" committed to racial equality in his home country of South Africa and abroad.

Tributes from around the world flooded in as news that Tutu, once a leader of the anti-apartheid movement and "chief pastor" to a nation in transition, had died in Cape Town. He was 90.

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden said in a statement that Desmond Tutu’s “legacy transcends borders and will echo throughout the ages.”

They spoke of the “several occasions” that they spent time with him, saying that “his courage and moral clarity helped inspire our commitment to change American policy toward the repressive Apartheid regime in South Africa.”