Lionel Bernstein, Denis Goldberg, Arthur Goldreich, Bob Hepple, Harold Wolpe and his brother-in-law James Kantor were white.
Hero of the anti-apartheid struggle Denis Goldberg, the only Rivonia defendant white man jailed for life, is the latest to die, at the age of 87.
Around the world, there is a history of white people who protested against racism in general and black oppression in particular.
Viola was a white housewife who worked with the American Civil Rights movement and Martin Luther King for the rights of black people.
Schwerner was also known for his door-to-door campaigns, seeking out white people to support the civil rights cause.
