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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • The Tolbert family is an American family which figured most prominently in politics in South Carolina and, by extension, Liberia. Originating from Presbyterian...
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    William Michael Tolbert (born November 23, 1985) is an American former professional football fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He played...
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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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    Reverend David Frazier and Daniel Frank Tolbert who was the grandfather of future Liberian president William R. Tolbert, Jr. The American Navy was responsible...
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    After the death of long-serving President William Tubman in 1971, William Tolbert, Jr., became president. Tolbert's administration, like his predecessor's...
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    presidential election, incumbent William Tolbert of the True Whig Party (who had taken office after the death of William Tubman in 1971) was the only candidate...
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    chaired by the then president of Liberia, William Tolbert, held its conference near Monrovia. During his term, Tolbert improved public housing in Monrovia and...
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    "babe-in-the-woods", while Sirleaf had served as minister of finance in the William Tolbert administration in the 1970s and had held positions at Citibank, the...
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  • Pennoh is best known for allegedly killing then-President of Liberia William Tolbert on 12 April 1980. In 1979, hundreds of protesters marched through the...
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  • Minister of Justice of Liberia serving under both President William Tubman and President William Tolbert. Clarence Lorenzo Simpson Jr, an Americo-Liberian was...
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    president William Tolbert to fire Superintendent of Maryland County, James Daniel Anderson, who failed to report the missing people. Tolbert publicly declared...
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  • d'état, in which he assisted Samuel Doe in overthrowing President William Tolbert and ending 133 years of Americo-Liberian rule. He then became part...
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    Cultural Affairs under President William Tubman, and as Minister of State for Presidential Affairs under President William Tolbert. In 1979 he was elected National...
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    reexamine the symbols, and remove divisive aspects of them. President William Tolbert appointed 51 members to the Commission on National Unity. The commission...
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    Mansion was the scene of the murder of Tubman's successor, President William Tolbert (in office 1971–1980), during the 1980 coup d'état. According to public...
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  • and Doe initially joined together to overthrow Liberian President William Tolbert in a military coup on 12 April 1980, it was not long before these two...
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    symbols, including "All Hail, Liberia, Hail!" and the flag. President William Tolbert appointed 51 members to the Commission on National Unity. The commission...
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  • Force general during the Spanish Civil War and World War II (b. 1898) William Tolbert, 20th President of Liberia (b. 1913) April 13 – Frederick D. Alexander...
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    Amin during the inauguration of William Tolbert, 20th president of Liberia, in 1976...
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    Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born William Bruce Jenner; October 28, 1949), formerly known as Bruce Jenner, is an American media personality and former Olympic...
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    conversion to Christianity in 988. During the 1970s, Liberian president William Tolbert used public hangings as a deterrent against crime, with sixteen convicted...
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