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pbsthisdayinhistory: May 9, 1994: Nelson Mandela is Elected...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:59:32 -0400

May 9, 1994: Nelson Mandela is Elected President of South Africa

On this day in 1994, South Africa’s parliament elected Nelson Mandela as the country’s next president. The next day, Mandela was inaugurated, becoming the nation’s first black president and a symbol of change in the post-apartheid era.

Nelson Mandela’s election was even more triumphant, as he had spent 27 years in prison for his involvement in the anti-apartheid and anti-colonial movement. While in prison, Mandela had been confined to a small cell with the floor his bed, a bucket for a toilet, and he was forced to do hard labor in a quarry. He was allowed one visitor a year for 30 minutes. He could write and receive one letter every six months.

Through his intelligence, charm and dignified defiance, Nelson Mandela eventually bent even the most brutal prison officials to his will, assumed leadership over his jailed comrades and became the master of his own prison. He emerged from it the mature leader who would fight and win the great political battles that would create a new democratic South Africa.

Learn more about Nelson Mandela’s time in prison and his early years as a revolutionary with FRONTLINE’s The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela site.

Photo: South African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela gives a clenched fist to supporters upon his arrival for his first election rally on March 15, 1994 (WALTER DHLADHLA/AFP/Getty Images).

vintagenatgeographic: Gate at Ta Som Temple, Cambodia National...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:59:25 -0400

vintagenatgeographic:

Gate at Ta Som Temple, Cambodia

National Geographic | May 1982

Indian Family travelling on a train through Kerala - /u/Robin_B

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:59:15 -0400

Indian Family travelling on a train through Kerala - /u/Robin_B

travelingcolors: Scenes between man and nature - ‘Paths’ by...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:57:51 -0400

travelingcolors:

Scenes between man and nature - ‘Paths’ by Ruben Brulat

Photographer Ruben Brulat has traveled from Europe to Asia by land only, through Iraq, Iran, on-to Afghanistan, Tibet until Indonesia, Japan and Mongolia to complete his latest works titled ‘Paths’. Performing sometimes in welcoming sand, sometimes in the harsh snow, the series of images capture a concurrence between man and nature - as they let themselves go, opening up to their senses.

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nigasfromjapan: Takachiho, Japan by Sara Oeffler

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:57:16 -0400

nigasfromjapan:

Takachiho, Japan by Sara Oeffler

naturae: Riziéres yunnan chine by Ichauvel

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:57:06 -0400

naturae:

Riziéres yunnan chine by Ichauvel

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Thu, 16 May 2013 23:56:55 -0400

travelingcolors: Red Road Flats Demolition, Glasgow | Scotland...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:56:48 -0400

travelingcolors:

Red Road Flats Demolition, Glasgow | Scotland (by zhivagoivan)

Skateboarding in Central Park before it was cool - 1965

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:55:39 -0400

Skateboarding in Central Park before it was cool - 1965

(via Panoramio - Photo of Không ảnh, Cửa biển Cà Mau - Camau sea...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:53:40 -0400

(via Panoramio - Photo of Không ảnh, Cửa biển Cà Mau - Camau sea entry)

le-vicieux: silkeu: by twonix

Sun, 05 May 2013 23:34:53 -0400

le-vicieux:

silkeu:

by twonix

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afghanistaninphotos: Symbol of Peace - Afghanistan

Sun, 05 May 2013 23:34:42 -0400

afghanistaninphotos:

Symbol of Peace - Afghanistan

nigasfromjapan: amri amri

Sun, 05 May 2013 23:34:38 -0400

nigasfromjapan:

amri amri

s-d-n: Ricksha in Port Sudan

Sun, 05 May 2013 23:34:12 -0400

s-d-n:

Ricksha in Port Sudan

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nikolawashere: Lenticular clouds over Mount Fuji, Japan. These...

Sun, 05 May 2013 23:33:59 -0400

nikolawashere:

Lenticular clouds over Mount Fuji, Japan. These are stationary lens-shaped clouds that form at high altitudes, usually perpendicular to the direction of the wind.

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