25 Years Ago, Mandela Walked Out of Prison

February is black history month in the United States. In South Africa it's a time when we remember that day in 1990. This week many of us have been commemorating the joy and the drama of watching Nelson Mandela walk free, writes Sylvia Vollenhoven for The Journalist.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his bishops welcome Nelson Mandela out of prison at a meeting in Jabavu, Soweto, in February, 1990.

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