Nelson Mandela would have turned 101 today. Take a look back at the first black president of South Africa and his fight against apartheid.
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00:00Brothers and sisters, we are one country. We are one people.
00:30There was no reason to believe that a young black boy, at this time, in this place, could in any way alter history.
01:00South Africa is a country of many races. There is room for all the various races in this country.
01:30We took a decision after we were arrested, that we are not at fault.
01:52It is the government that must be accused of killing our people.
02:22I stand here before you, not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.
02:52We stand here today as nothing more than representatives of the millions of our people who dare to rise up against a social system
03:15whose very essence is war, violence, racism, oppression, repression, and the impoverishment of the entire people.
03:30Never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.
04:00I stand here before you, not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.