World Celebrates Mandela Day

This year’s Nelson Mandela Day, which will be celebrated on Friday, is the first time the day will be observed since the death of the South African leader last December at the age of 95. In November 2009, the United Nations declared July 18 - Mandela's birthday – to be Nelson Mandela Day.  Since then, millions of people around the world have marked the day by volunteering 67 minutes of their time - one minute for every year of Mandela's struggle for equality - to do...

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