Black Fact of the Day: February 11 – Brought to you by Black365 By Black365 & Associated Press Published February 11, 2021 February 11: Nelson Mandela was released from prison after serving more than two and a half decades as a political prisoner, 1990 FILE – In this Feb. 11, 1990 file photo, Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, gesture as Mandela walks free from the Victor Verster Prison in Paarl, Cape Town, South Africa after serving 27 years in prison. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 marks the 30 year anniversary of the release of the former South African president. (AP Photo/Greg English, File)
Nelson Mandela released from jail 30 years ago To mark the 30th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, a key event in ending South Africa’s brutal apartheid system of racial oppression, AP is republishing its coverage of Feb. 11, 1990.