World Dec 27 Watch 5:54 ‘My humanity is caught up in yours’ : How Desmond Tutu dedicated his life to greater good South Africa has begun a week of public mourning for the late Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The Nobel Peace Prize winner died Sunday, at age 90, after a lifetime of fighting apartheid and working for racial unity. We take a… By Jaywon Choe, Harry Zahn
World Dec 26 Watch 7:13 Remembering Desmond Tutu’s life and legacy Former Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, died Sunday at 90. Tutu’s passionate voice helped end South Africa’s brutal apartheid regime that oppressed its Black majority for decades. World leaders, South Africans and people around the globe… By PBS NewsHour
World Dec 26 Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace winner, dies at 90 Tutu worked passionately, tirelessly and non-violently to tear down apartheid — South Africa’s brutal, decades-long regime of oppression against its Black majority that only ended in 1994. By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press
World Dec 24 South African minister objects to sale of Mandela’s cell key The key is among Mandela memorabilia being sold by Guernsey’s auction house in New York on Jan. 28. By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press
Nov 11 South Africa’s last apartheid president, F.W. de Klerk, dies By Andrew Meldrum, Cara Anna, Associated Press F.W. de Klerk, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela and as South Africa's last apartheid president oversaw the end of the country's white minority rule, has died at the age of 85. Continue reading
Feb 17 Former United Auto Workers President Owen Bieber dies at age 90 By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press Bieber shepherded the UAW through a recession, the Reagan era, industry downsizing and rapidly expanding global competition. Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch 8:20 Nelson Mandela’s prison letters reveal his unwavering vision By Jeffrey Brown This week marks 100 years since the birth of Nelson Mandela, who led a struggle against apartheid and brought his country to a new democratic future, while setting a political and moral example recognized around the globe. Now a new… Continue watching
Jul 18 My encounter with Nelson Mandela inspired me to be a journalist By James Blue I first saw Nelson Mandela during the summer of 1990, while working as a vacation-relief desk assistant for ABC News in New York City. The former South African president and freedom fighter was feted with a ticker-tape parade the length… Continue reading
Apr 02 Anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela dies at 81 By Christopher Torchia, Associated Press South Africa's state broadcaster says Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, prominent anti-apartheid activist and the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, has died. Her own activism against apartheid led to her being imprisoned for months and years under house arrest. Continue reading