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MohRokTah

(15,429 posts) Wed Feb 11, 2015, 02:22 PM Feb 2015

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25 Years Ago today...

Nelson Mandela was freed from prison.

February 11, 1990.

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25 Years Ago today... (Original Post) MohRokTah Feb 2015 OP

I'll never forget that day malaise Feb 2015 #1

CIA helped keep Mandela imprisoned. Octafish Feb 2015 #2

malaise

(269,157 posts)

1. I'll never forget that day

Reply to MohRokTah (Original post)

Wed Feb 11, 2015, 02:23 PM

Feb 2015

People across Jamaica hit pots, pans and their covers - a very old tradition related to freedom

Octafish

(55,745 posts)

2. CIA helped keep Mandela imprisoned.

Reply to MohRokTah (Original post)

Wed Feb 11, 2015, 02:31 PM

Feb 2015

"One of Our Greatest Coups": The CIA & the Capture of Nelson Mandela

http://www.democracynow.org/2013/12/13/one_of_our_greatest_coups_the

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