1994: Nelson Mandela
becomes president of South Africa
On
May 10, 1994, revolutionary leader Nelson Mandela became South Africa's first
black president at age 77 after a lifetime working to end racism and abolish
apartheid. That year, the Nobel Peace Prize-winner published an autobiography
he had secretly penned in prison. Mandela is pictured at his inauguration in
Pretoria in this photo by Walter Dhladhla.
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