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Mandela's life and impact is an incredible story. The son of a tribal chief and imprisoned for 27 years, he was elected President of the country that put him in jail only three years after he was released.
He become a symbol of racial reconciliation around the world and an inspiration to millions of oppressed people.
What amazed me about this man is that when he was freed, he stated he bore no ill will toward his white Afrikaner jailers. If it were me, I think I would've have been a bit angry and probably wouldn't have elected President either.
An incredible man and an incredible life that changed the course of a nation and impacted the world forever.
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My Council-member-elect client and friend stated:
"Nelson Mandela inspired so many people in Southeast Queens, New York City and around the world and certainly inspired me.
"He stands for the perseverance against injustice and indignities and forging peoples of different backgrounds and persuasions in common cause.
"A hero to all, Mandela stands tall for what he achieved - the end of apartheid, the racist segregation that put so many in the most wretched of conditions.
"Let us all commit to making a difference for all; that path honors the memory of this great man." (see http://t.co/otkky8Y45X)
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Here are some eloquent clips of an interview with our very own Gabrielle Carlson's mother, Jeanette Carlson, on what Nelson Mandela represented: http://aol.it/195wy1m
Gab's father, Joel Carlson, was an attorney in Johannesburg who defended and was a hero to Mandela and so many other activists with the African National Congress. Joel Carlson was instrumental in the U.S. and the rest of the world learning what was happening in South Africa after Nelson Mandela was imprisoned.
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