constitution and our love for freedom was what he was wanted to and did bring to south africa. so anybody that would say because castro and the other countries were more sympathetic than we were, you bet your life we're not proud of the fact that we were late to get involved in this freedom fight. but nelson mandela loved america, and he loved the appreciation that we have given to him. but finally i want to say one gift that he gave to black america was our heritages. we have been raised and separate from africa from the time we came here in slavery. we lost our names, our culture, our music. and not only did they take it away but they would have us to believe that the people in africa, the place that civilization was born, was inferior. one thing is abundantly clear, that when nelson hit harlem, when nelson was freed, when nelson became president, people of african descent all over the