Does anyone remember when Mandela was released from prison? I was in Salt Lake City that day and couldn’t get to a TV or radio until after the day’s work. Mandela’s speech was clear and strong — and it seemed clear that this was the day apartheid died its well deserved death. And the day that Mandela seemed to be speaking to everyone outside of South Africa to not back off just because he was free that day. The struggle was still on — until democracy had come to South Africa.
The BBC put up a video of part of their broadcast that day. (I don’t think this is embeddable, sorry.) It is worth look at this 10 minutes of monumental history.
The BBC also put up a slide show of images from the anti-apartheid struggle, itself a fascinating document.
Just click through and take a look. Both are worth every minute.