Nelson Mandela: From ‘Second-Class Citizen’ To World-Revered Leader

· Dec. 7, 2013, 10:33 pm

When Nelson Mandela died this week at age 95, he left a legacy as one of the most important leaders in modern history. Mandela rose from humble beginnings to lead South Africa out of its apartheid past, and helped to keep the nation from tumbling into civil war. But before becoming South Africa’s first black president, he endured decades behind bars.

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