Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I mahi a Cross i ngā tūranga maha i ngā kaupapa maha i tōna wā hei kaimahi pāpori. I mahi kaha ia ki te Kaupapa Whangai Tamariki o Awherika. I te 16 o Pipiri 1976, i mahi a Cross i Soweto mo te Kaunihera Taone o Johannesburg, i whakahaere i te awheawhe mahi a Orlando. I mauheretia ia i te tīmatanga o te whakaekenga o Soweto
ki te kāwanatanga o Awherika ki te Tonga i te wā o te Apartheid. I whakaahuatia e ia tana rerenga mai i nga tutu o Soweto hei "whawhai whakamataku".