Like so many, the Derryman took part in the civil rights protests and marches that began in 1968. Despite harassment and death threats from every side, he went on to form a party that eschewed violence and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his crucial role in the Good Friday Agreement
Meantime Hume wished to improve the lot of the Catholic community, long denied their civil liberties, decent housing and economic opportunities by an Orange mini state gerrymandered to keep the unionists in power. Hume, a schoolteacher from Derry began his political career almost accidentally.
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