Nelson Mandela, leader of the South African movement to end apartheid, was released from prison on February 11th, 1990 -- 27 years after he was put behind bars. After marching through the streets, he ...

CAPE TOWN – Striding arm in arm with his wife, Nelson Mandela walked through a prison gate to freedom yesterday, emerging as a revolutionary still committed to violence as a tool of political change.

Excerpts from his remarks after his release from prison in 1990 and as president in 1994 July 18 is the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth, and across the world events are planned to mark it. In ...

Solidarity house: Some of the 49,000 people who came to see Nelson Mandela at Tiger Stadium June 28, 1990. Credit: Courtesy of the Walter Reuther Library Last week we commemorated the 30th anniversary ...

The world mourns the South African leader, and we mark one moment in his long career. Nelson Mandela in United Kingdom appearance in 1990. (Getty Images) Nelson Mandela has died. Here’s the lead on ...