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Michelle Obama Visits Cape Town Museum In Lieu Of Mandela Prison

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 08.23.2011

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Michelle Obama on Thursday toured a museum that memorializes the forced segregation of a once vibrant and racially mix...

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Mandela's Legacy

Robert Hormats | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Hormats

America's Founding Fathers sought to "secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity." So did Mandela. And he also succeeded, with his lesson extending well beyond South Africa.

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Mandela, RFK and the Sacrifice of Statement

John R. Bohrer | Posted 05.25.2011

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John R. Bohrer

Long before the struggle in South Africa became fashionable in the U.S., some American leaders rallied to their side, sending forth a ripple of hope on behalf of the entire free world.

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Jacob Zuma: Top 5 Things You Didn't Know

Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jacob Zuma, current president of the African National Congress and the leading candidate in South Africa's presidential election Wednesday, is quite t...

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The Loss of a Hero: Apartheid Critic Helen Suzman Dies at 91

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Madeleine M. Kunin

Helen was a role model for me not so much because I was like her, but because I wanted to become more like her; to understand the source of her extraordinary courage.

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