Former South African President Nelson Mandela actively protested apartheid for most of his life, and he is known for being one of the world's most famous political prisoners. His anti-apartheid ...

Obama delivered speech a day before Nelson Mandela's 100th birthday. Despite the "strange and uncertain" times President Barack Obama says we're living in he still believes in "a vision of equality ...

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South Africa's first Black president, Nelson Mandela, died on Dec. 5, 2013. Revisit the speeches that made Mandela the most prominent figure of... A legacy in speeches: Remembering Nelson Mandela 10 ...