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Results 1 - 9 of 9 in Nelson Mandela

  1. TranscriptRead the original story

    Saturday Jan 2 | NPR

    ... rider in Mississippi and Alabama. Dennis Brutus was also arrested in the '60s. He shared a prison with Nelson Mandela. Brutus spent his life fighting apartheid, as a poet and an activist. Looking back on their lives from our vantage point in 2010, ...

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  2. Argue Now, But Will It Be Obvious Who's Right?

    Saturday Jan 2 | National Public Radio

    ... freedom rider in Mississippi and Alabama. Dennis Brutus was also arrested in the 60s. He shared a prison with Nelson Mandela. He spent his life fighting apartheid as a poet and an activist. Looking back on their lives from our vantage point in 2010, ...

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  3. Capsule reviews of recently released films

    Wednesday Dec 9 | Creative Loafing Atlanta

    INVICTUS : Morgan Freeman (as Nelson Mandela) and Matt Damon (as Francois Pienaar) star in Warner Brother's latest release, Invictus . Opens Fri., Dec. 11. OPENING FRIDAY INVICTUS (PG-13) Clint Eastwood directs this combination of political biopic ...

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  4. Educator and activist didn't wait for permission

    Nov 13, 2009 | The Philadelphia Tribune

    A very perceptive quote attributed to Nelson Mandela states that "a good head and a good heart are a formidable combination." Anyone reading the informative, thought-provoking, very readable, very inspiring book, "Nobody Gave Me Permission," a memoir about the life of Ora Mobley Sweeting, will realize that she has that formidable combination.

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  5. Endgame Documents Death of ApartheidRead the original story

    Nov 3, 2009 | The Village Voice

    ... Barnard (Mark Strong), South Africa 's reptilian head of intelligence, starts his own clandestine chats with Nelson Mandela ( Clarke Peters ), in the hopes of dividing and conquering ANC leadership. Written by U.K.-TV vet Paula Milne , Endgame has ...

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  6. Georgia restaurant uses N-word on anti-health care signRead the original story w/Photo

    Oct 9, 2009 | Raw Story

    ... health care reform plans and denied being a racist. He pointed to the pictures of Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela on the walls of his restaurant and even pulled out a 2005 NAACP membership card. This is far from the first time, however, that ... 62 comments

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  7. Great speeches in historyRead the original story

    Sep 17, 2009 | The Voice

    ... going to end up in a situation where we're going to have to cast a bullet. It's either a ballot or a bullet.' Nelson Mandela: I am prepared to die, April 20, 1964 After being charged with sabotage and treason, the then anti-apartheid campaigner - ...

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  8. Lia's love letter to her high school friendsRead the original story w/Photo

    Sep 11, 2009 | San Francisco Examiner

    ... radio stations expressing their hatred for Washington and fear of a black city. I remember the glorious day Nelson Mandela was freed from his jail cell in South Africa. Crying tears of joy for him and tears of rage for those who put him there, the ...

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  9. 'Toronto 18' member gets 14 yearsRead the original story

    Sep 3, 2009 | Toronto Sun

    ... he can apply for parole. Khalid said he was once inspired by the likes of Mahatma Gandhi, Malcolm X and Nelson Mandela. But instead of following his heroes' example, Khalid admitted he made the "mistake" of participating in a bomb plot concocted by ...

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