Molly Blackburn

Date: 28 December, 1985

Political activist and civil rights campaigner widely respected by Blacks, Molly Blackburn, was killed in a car accident near Humansdorp, Eastern Cape. Blackburn was driving back from Oudtshoorn to Port Elizabeth with her sister Di Bishop and her brother-in-law Brian Bishop. Brian was also killed in the accident. Blackburn's death saddened thousands of people and her funeral was attended by about 20 000 people, a sign of her close relationship with the Black communities where she worked. She was 55 years old.

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1. Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC.
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