William Richard Tolbert Jr. (13 May 1913 – 12 April 1980) was a Liberian politician who served as the 20th president of Liberia from 1971 until his assassination...
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when he staged the violent 1980 coup d'état that overthrew President William Tolbert and the True Whig Party, becoming the first non-Americo-Liberian leader...
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Americo-Liberians President of Liberia William Tolbert Tubmanburg "Rescuing Liberian history - preserving the photographs of William VS Tubman, Liberia's longest...
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mission school in 1934, and it was there she met William Tolbert. Victoria married William Tolbert on 12 May 1936 in Robertsport. Not long after the...
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led by Samuel Doe, an ethnic Krahn, overthrew and murdered President William Tolbert. The presidency was vacant from 1980 to 1986, with executive power...
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Lady of Liberia William Tolbert (1913–1980), President of Liberia 1971–80 Given name Tolbert Lanston, American founder of Monotype Tolbert McCoy, victim...
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1980 Liberian coup d'état happened on April 12, 1980, when President William Tolbert was overthrown and murdered in a violent coup. The coup was staged...
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death in 1971, the TWP leadership and Presidency was taken over by William Tolbert. Tolbert diverted from the TWP's traditional policies by seeking to stress...
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Liberia established relations in the late 1950s. The administration of William Tolbert severed ties with the Israeli government in 1973 in response to the...
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Boulder, and Harvard University. She returned to Liberia to work in William Tolbert's government as Deputy Minister of Finance from 1971 to 1974. Later...
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