CNN reports former South African President Nelson Mandela has died, at age 95. After spending 27 years in prison as an agitator for black rule, Mandela became the first post-apartheid president of the Union of South Africa (the other USA).
He is renowned for taking a conciliatory stance toward his nation's white minority, putting the good of the nation ahead of any need for retribution. A century from now it is likely Mandela's stature will equal or surpass that of India's Mohandas Gandhi.
