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 ...

Nelson Mandela is in the hospital with a collapsed lung. Doctors say that he is in no immediate danger, but then again he is 92 years old. He has stayed largely out of the public eye for years, of ...

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 ...

Across the world, the name Nelson Mandela is spoken with near universal reverence. Streets, statues, scholarships and speeches carry his legacy. Often, the praise is not only for what he did while in ...

The speaker, one of the world's most recognizable black leaders, was addressing a joint session of the U.S. Congress when he quoted America's top civil rights leader. "Free at last, free at last, ...

Dec. 5, 2013 — -- intro: Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first democratically elected president in 1994. The following videos highlight some of the memorable moments from the last ...

Obama has made relatively few public appearances since leaving the White House in 2017, but he has often credited Mandela for being one of the great inspirations in his life. He will deliver the ...