A stunningly intimate tribute to the life of one of the 20th century’s great global leaders is on display at The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Mandela: The Official Exhibition features ...

The commission created in 2016 to look into ways to commemorate Nelson Mandela’s 1990 visit to Boston has filed its interim report, indicating that it favors an approach similar to the popular Freedom ...

DETROIT (WZZM) -- He'd been behind bars 27 years, a political prisoner of a racist regime in South Africa. Four months after his release, Nelson Mandela came to the U.S. on an eight-city, 11-day tour ...

Amid impassioned cries of “Amandla!” and “Viva Mandela!” Nelson and Winnie Mandela wave to a crowd of more than 49,000 people at Tiger Stadium June 28, 1990. Credit: D. Weiss/Walter Reuther Library ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Southern Californians were reflecting on the ...

Editor's note: This article originally ran on the front page of The Miami Herald June 29, 1990 with the headline "Unofficially, Mandela Day: Grass-roots welcome counters official snub" Elected ...

In spite of that legendary fist-punching image, Nelson Mandela's first day of freedom was almost a disaster. While the world celebrated his release, Cape Town was in chaos. Drunken looters terrorized ...

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 ...

A stunningly intimate tribute to the life of one of the 20th century’s great global leaders is on display at The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Mandela: The Official Exhibition features ...

Nelson Mandela’s legendary fight against South Africa’s apartheid began in his early 30s, around 1950 — two years after the legal mandate for segregation was implemented. Mandela, a young attorney, ...