Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, a Democratic Senate candidate, has a long history with a liberal nonprofit group that aims to defund the police, get rid of law enforcement gang databases, treat ...

The final part of Joe Richman and Sue Johnson's series "Mandela: An Audio History" chronicles the years between Mandela's release from 27 years of imprisonment and South Africa's first multi-racial ...

In April 1994, the world watched as millions of South Africans, most of them jubilant but many wary, cast their ballots in that nation's first multiracial election. The outcome: Nelson Mandela became ...

“The world has lost one of history’s most important figures, though Nelson Mandela’s example will live on for generations to come,” Rubio said. “Men and women striving for justice and fairness around ...

Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, in what was then known as the Union of South Africa, a dominion of the British Empire. Although the majority of the country’s inhabitants were Black, they ...

In a new book, Barbara Masekela, the former South African president’s chief of staff, reveals his yearning to be ordinary, his humour and his penny-pinching ways.

NORFOLK, Va. — The grandson of legendary civil rights leader and Nobel Prize winner Nelson Mandela is coming to Norfolk State University. The university said Ndaba Mandela will speak on Wednesday, Jan ...

Take a look at Nelson Mandela’s life story like you’ve never seen it before at Mandela: The Official Exhibition, a new Saint Louis Science Center exhibit featuring unseen footage, photos, artifacts, ...

Mandela Barnes was not having it. Just a few months ago, the Wisconsin Lt. Gov.-Elect ran into a few issues that could have cost him an election nomination. “It was wild,” he told ESSENCE. “He made me ...

The Gandhi–Mandela Trophy is set to create history at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens before the first ball is bowled. A special pre-match ceremony will celebrate the shared legacy of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson ...

For many, it might be misremembering a celebrity death, a historical event, or, most surprisingly, a quote from their favorite movie. For me, it was being convinced Michael Jackson was dead long ...