article_snippet.sent: Politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes is called a 'racist' by Politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes opponents.
article_snippet.sent: Born in 1853, Politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes made Politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes fortune in diamond mines, and entered into politics as an outspoken supporter of colonialism.
article_snippet.sent: Politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes later founded Rhodesia - modern-day Zimbabwe - which was named after Politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes.
article_snippet.sent: Politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes believed England was the 'master race', and wanted to draw a 'red line' railway from Cairo to Cape Town for the British Empire - spanning the entire continent of Africa.
article_snippet.sent: While Politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes supporters say Politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes brought political and physical infrastructure to South Africa, others say Politician and businessman Cecil Rhodes actions laid the groundwork for apartheid by restricting the rights of black Africans to work.
article_snippet.sent: Rhodes, pictured on the right, in 1896 in Rhodesia with an unknown companion and a black manservant .