Former South African President Nelson Mandela. PHOTO/Reuters/Mike Hutchings
One of the most beloved leaders of the 20th century, Nelson Mandela, the father of modern South Africa who led the fight against the brutal and racist apartheid system and then pushed for reconciliation as the nation's first black president, died Thursday. He was 95.
Mandela was a champion of freedom, who spent 27 years of his life in a prison cell; a revolutionary who espoused armed conflict against the
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