On February 11, 1990, Mandela spoke from the Cape Town city hall to euphoric crowds, hours after his release from prison where he had spent more than 27 years. It was Mandela's first major speech as a ...
L O N D O N, Feb. 11 -- Standing trial for sabotage and attempting to overthrow the South African government in April 1964, Nelson Mandela could have pleaded for his life or he could have spoken out ...