July 18 is Nelson Mandela Day, and in honor of the anti-apartheid activist and first black president of South Africa, we're reliving a famous speech he ... Our march to freedom is irreversible.

Family members, friends and political figures including South African President Jacob Zuma paid tribute to Nelson Mandela at his funeral in Qunu. Photo: AP Musk: I Hope U.S. and Europe Will Move ...

Follows the life of Nelson Mandela and his fight for freedom - from his childhood, to his 27 years in prison before becoming president and working to rebuild South Africa's once segregated society.

Nelson Mandela ... He played a teacher and recited speeches by civil rights leaders. 82. Mandela dedicated Long Walk to Freedom to his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

TREVOR MCDONALD: In the 1940s South Africa was under apartheid rule: the doctrine that white people were somehow superior to Black people. The white police force sometimes tortured and killed the ...

“We heard a lot of stories about Nelson Mandela ... s speech at the awards filtered into the jail cells at Robin Island, which gave the political prisoners renewed hope of freedom.