A Look Back At Nelson Mandela’s Historic Presidency

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A Look Back At Nelson Mandela’s Historic Presidency

When Nelson Mandela won the first-ever multiracial presidential election in South Africa on May 2, 1994, the freedom fighter changed the course of history. Here's how.

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Defying apartheid laws, Bishop Desmond Tutu walks alone on a South African beach, 1989

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South Africa handed over limited powers to a new multiracial administration in 1985 (the previous government had enforced South Africas apartheid laws). Installation of this government ended South Africas direct rule, but it retained an effective veto over the new governments decisions. Finally, in

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Born: 7/18/1918 Mvezo, South AfricaDied: 12/5/2013 Johannesburg, South AfricaMandela spent most of his life campaigning for an end to apartheid in South Africa. After over 20 years in prison, he was released and was able to be the first elected President in post apartheid South Africa. Also admired

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Alan Paton , in full Alan Stewart Paton (born January 11, 1903, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa—died April 12, 1988, near Durban, Natal), South African writer, best known for his first novel, Cry, the Beloved Country (1948), a passionate tale of racial injustice that brought international

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Oliver Tambo , (born October 27, 1917, Bizana, Pondoland district, Transkei [now in Eastern Cape], South Africa—died April 24, 1993, Johannesburg), president of the South African black-nationalist African National Congress (ANC) between 1967 and 1991. He spent more than 30 years in exile

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Since 1994, trade and investment ties between the US and South Africa have evolved against the backdrop of a complicated political and diplomatic

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1967: Israel defies international protests and unites divided city of Jerusalem for first time in two decades, following victory in Six-Day

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Robert Mugabe , in full Robert Gabriel Mugabe (born February 21, 1924, Kutama, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]), the first prime minister (1980–87) of the reconstituted state of Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia. A black nationalist of Marxist persuasion, he eventually established one-party rule in

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Walker’s Legacy Introduces “Ask a Boss” Masterclass Series with Featured Speaker Ivy McGregor

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