July 18 is Nelson Mandela Day, and in honor of the anti-apartheid activist and first black president of South Africa, we're reliving a famous speech he gave in Cape Town in 1990 after his release ...

Here are a selection of speeches he gave after his release from prison in 1990, and while as president in 1994. Nelson Mandela, South African leader and apartheid foe, died Thursday at 95.

Although King's famous speech was 17 minutes long ... Conditions in whites-only schools and hospitals were much better. Nelson Mandela made this speech in court in 1964, just before he was ...

Family members, friends and political figures including South African President Jacob Zuma paid tribute to Nelson Mandela at his funeral in Qunu. Photo: AP ...

February 2, 1990 – Following a speech ... Mandela’s release from prison was promised, the Jewish community in South Africa is hopeful for political reform. February 11, 1990 – Nelson ...

Nelson Mandela, whose successful struggle against ... At his trial, which is now known as the Rivonia Trial, he gave his famous “Speech from the Dock”, stating, “I have cherished the ideal ...

Mandela was secretly appointed its commander in chief. "At the end of the day...violence was the only weapon that would destroy apartheid." Nelson Mandela ... period and his famous beard.