Google celebrates Nkosi Johnson's life in the latest doodle
Google's homepage doodle for Tuesday celebrated the life and work of South African Nkosi Johnson, who died from HIV in 2001 at 12 years of age, and would've celebrated his 31st birthday on Tuesday had he been alive. Johnson's activism led to the first law being passed that disallowed schools from discriminating against children with AIDS, and he died as the oldest surviving child who was born with HIV.
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Today's Google Doodle honors iconic illustrator John Tenniel
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