Black Fact of the Day: February 11 – Brought to you by Black365
February 11, 2021
February 11: Nelson Mandela was released from prison after serving more than two and a half decades as a political prisoner, 1990
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anti-apartheid
UN honors Nelson Mandela as peace summit begins
September 27, 2018
Nelson Mandela’s South African journey from anti-apartheid leader to prisoner to president to global statesman – the “Long Walk to Freedom” of his autobiography title – is one of the 20th century’s great stories of struggle, sacrifice, and reconciliation. Now the United Nations is seeking to harness its soaring symbolism. The unveiling of a statue of Mandela, born 100 years ago, with arms outstretched at the UN building in New York on Monday opens a peace summit at the General Assembly, where world leaders will once again address the planet’s pressing problems: war, poverty, disease, migration, and climate change. They’ll
South African Women Take Prize For Anti-Nuclear Effort
April 24, 2018
This week, international judges of the prestigious Goldman Environment Prize tapped Lekalakala and McDaid as one of their winners from six continents.
Winnie Mandela bore the scars of battle, helped heal a nation
April 12, 2018
This week, Winnie Madikizela Mandela will be laid to rest and honored at a state funeral in South Africa. To many, she was loved as the “mother of the nation” even in her final days.
When the roll is called of freedom fighters who changed the world and made it better, the name Winnie Mandela will rank near the top of the list.