What Word Best Describes Nelson Mandela's Legacy?
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Published December 06, 2013Nelson Mandela, who died Dec. 5 at age 95 in Johannesburg, South Africa, was one of the most remarkable heroes of the 20th century. He organized and led armed resistance against South
Africa’s apartheid regime, which had disenfranchised 23 million black citizens and forced them to live in abysmal poverty, and endured decades of brutal imprisonment as a result. But after
his release in 1990, he worked to negotiate a peaceful end to institutionalized racism — an achievement that earned him a share of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize — and eventually became his
nation’s first black president from 1994 to 1999. Read more about music dedicated to Mandela.
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