February 11, 1990, is a date that the world will never forget. On this Sunday afternoon, after 27 years, Nelson Mandela walked out of Victor Verster Prison in South Africa. Nelson Mandela was a leader ...

Nelson Mandela is released from the hospital: A spokesman for President Jacob Zuma of South Africa confirmed that Mandela, 94, was transported on Wednesday to his home in Johannesburg’s Houghton ...

Former South African President Nelson Mandela was released from a hospital in Pretoria Sunday and returned to his Johannesburg home, following a successful medical examination, South African president ...

Between the global decline of democracy and rise of the movements for racial justice this is a key moment to recall Nelson ...

There's a whole lot of American history to be celebrated in February — Black History Month — alone. Established in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson and Jesse E. Moorland of the Association for the Study of ...

JOHANNESBURGJOHANNESBURG — South African President Jacob Zuma said he found Nelson Mandela “in good shape and in good spirits” Monday but a video of his encounter with the ailing anti-apartheid icon ...

Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa and Nobel Prize winner, was finally released from the hospital after a three month stay, the longest since he was released from prison in 1990 ...