Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born 1918) was a South African resistance leader who, after years of imprisonment for opposing apartheid, emerged to become the first president of a black-majority-ruled South Africa and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. The...

Mandela, Nelson SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICAL ACTIVIST AND PRESIDENT 1918– A life-long anti apartheid activist in South Africa who eventually rose to become the first democratically elected, and first black, president of South Africa, Nelson Rolihlala...

Nelson Mandela Born July 18, 1918 Umtata, South Africa Political activist and former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela stands as an icon of courage, justice, and perseverance to people in South Africa and throughout the world. Imprisoned in 1964...

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NELSON MANDELA is the focus of most foreign reporting on South Africa, partly because of the near mythic status he achieved during his long prison term but also because he is the most unpredictable and in that sense the most newsworthy-player on the...

Awaiting Mandela THE release of Mr Nelson Mandela will almost certainly be heralded when President F.W. de Klerk opens the new session of South Africa's Parliament on February 2nd. The man jailed a quarter of a century ago on sabotage charges now...

Former South African president Nelson Mandela offered his support Tuesday to Laila Ali, four days before she becomes the first female fighter to headline a boxing card in the country.Mandela, an amateur fighter in his youth, asked for the meeting with the 29-year-old daughter of...

The fifth in a series of international concerts that Nelson Mandela has used to raise awareness about AIDS will be held Dec. 1 in Johannesburg."I am very delighted that we are engaging the youth in schools, communities and through the media breaking the silence and...

This speech talks about who Nelson Mandela was and his beliefs.

Nelson Mandela is a significant figure in history. This short biography includes information about his rearing, education, political rise, fight against apartheid, and time spent in jail.

Martin Luther King Jr's words have already lived far past him and will continue to honor his fight for equality forever. When Nelson Mandela is no longer with us, his masterful words will also stay in the minds and hearts of many, and will be passed on from generation to generation.