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"Nelson Mandela, who was born in a country that viewed him as a second-class citizen, died Thursday as one of the most respected statesmen in the world. He was 95," 

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“Nelson Mandela, who was born in a country that viewed him as a second-class citizen, died Thursday as one of the most respected statesmen in the world. He was 95,” writes NPR’s Jason Beaubien. In April 1994, the world watched as millions of South Africans — most of them jubilant, but many wary — cast 

“Nelson Mandela, who was born in a country that viewed him as a second-class citizen, died Thursday as one of the most respected statesmen in the world. He was 95,” writes NPR’s Jason Beaubien. In April 1994, the world watched as millions of South Africans — most of them jubilant, but many wary — cast Read more →


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