The part of Nelson Mandela's life I never knew about was he became a Knight in the Order of St. John in 1996 and later invested in the year 2004 at St. James's Palace in London, as a "Bailiff ...

Nelson Mandela may be known as a hero, but when most of the world first heard of him, he was an inmate in South Africa's most notorious prison. In 1987, CBS News correspondent Martha Teichner ...

South African President Nelson Mandela, born on July 18, 1918, spent nearly three decades in prison during his struggle against apartheid, before he was released on Feb. 11, 1990. On Dec. 5, 2013 ...

A coffee table book authored by Nelson Mandela’s daughter, Dr. Pumla Makaziwe Mandela, takes a look at the family man behind the statesman with never-before-seen private photography.

Nelson Mandela 1918-2013 39 photos "He spoke about forgiveness, about reconciliation, and we owe him an enormous debt," said Archbishop Desmond Tutu, also a titan of the anti-apartheid movement.

NELSON MANDELA: The strategy I would use would depend on the conditions. That's why we resorted to violence, for example - because the conditions demanded that we should take up arms.

Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black president, was regarded as one of the great figures of the past century for his generosity of spirit, sacrifices in ...