CEDAR FALLS – The University of Northern Iowa will host a service in remembrance of Nelson Mandela from noon to 1 p.m., Monday, Dec. 9, at the Center for Multicultural Education (CME).
People will also have the opportunity to write their condolences and memories of Mandela in a memorial booklet. The booklet will be available at the CME beginning the afternoon of Friday, Dec. 6 through Tuesday, Dec. 10.
Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, in South Africa. Becoming actively involved in the anti-apartheid movement in his 20s, Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1942. For 20 years, he directed a campaign to help South Africa break the practice of racial segregation and do away with white minority rule.
Mandela was imprisoned for nearly three decades for his fight against apartheid. He was freed in 1990 and quickly set about working to unite the nation through forgiveness and reconciliation. Four years after he left prison, Mandela became South Africa’s first black president.
“Nelson Mandela was such a wonderful symbol of freedom and reconciliation in the world,” said Michael Blackwell, director of UNI’s CME. “He was a man with a passion for justice and peace. Students and the community should know he’s a great person to pay tribute to.”
Run up a flag for Hitler while you’re at it…
Nelson Mandela … had pleaded guilty to 156 acts of public violence including mobilising terrorist bombing campaigns, which planted bombs in public places, including the Johannesburg railway station. Many innocent people, including women and children, were killed by Nelson Mandela’s … terrorists.
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President Mandela paid for the crimes he committed and came out a changed man. I would say a great man. While I never condone violence what he and other blacks went through in South Africa was in itself criminal. And the hardships they went through were nothing compared to what he and his followers did. The world was a much better place with Nelson Mandela in it.