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...

Americo-Liberians President of Liberia William Tolbert Tubmanburg "Rescuing Liberian history - preserving the photographs of William VS Tubman, Liberia's longest...

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...

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...

led by Samuel Doe, an ethnic Krahn, overthrew and murdered President William Tolbert. The presidency was vacant from 1980 to 1986, with executive power...

The Tolbert family is an American family which figured most prominently in politics in South Carolina and, by extension, Liberia. Originating from Presbyterian...

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...

Lady of Liberia William Tolbert (1913–1980), President of Liberia 1971–80 Given name Tolbert Lanston, American founder of Monotype Tolbert McCoy, victim...

William Michael Tolbert (born November 23, 1985) is an American former professional football fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He played...

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...

Liberia established relations in the late 1950s. The administration of William Tolbert severed ties with the Israeli government in 1973 in response to the...

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...

Reverend David Frazier and Daniel Frank Tolbert who was the grandfather of future Liberian president William R. Tolbert, Jr. The American Navy was responsible...

After the death of long-serving President William Tubman in 1971, William Tolbert, Jr., became president. Tolbert's administration, like his predecessor's...

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...

chaired by the then president of Liberia, William Tolbert, held its conference near Monrovia. During his term, Tolbert improved public housing in Monrovia and...

Minister of Justice of Liberia serving under both President William Tubman and President William Tolbert. Clarence Lorenzo Simpson Jr, an Americo-Liberian was...

president William Tolbert to fire Superintendent of Maryland County, James Daniel Anderson, who failed to report the missing people. Tolbert publicly declared...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

symbols, including "All Hail, Liberia, Hail!" and the flag. President William Tolbert appointed 51 members to the Commission on National Unity. The commission...

Cultural Affairs under President William Tubman, and as Minister of State for Presidential Affairs under President William Tolbert. In 1979 he was elected National...

reexamine the symbols, and remove divisive aspects of them. President William Tolbert appointed 51 members to the Commission on National Unity. The commission...

February 16, 1921, in Bensonville, Liberia, the younger brother of William Tolbert. Tolbert received a high-school education from Liberia College and in 1941...

conversion to Christianity in 988. During the 1970s, Liberian president William Tolbert used public hangings as a deterrent against crime, with sixteen convicted...

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...

Amin during the inauguration of William Tolbert, 20th president of Liberia, in 1976...