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...Mandela, the current president of South Africa, who spent 27 years in jail for fighting against the government-imposed apartheid laws that deprived black citizens of their rights, received an honorary doctorate of law from Harvard at a rare ceremony conducted Friday afternoon...
...join George Washington and Winston Churchill as the other recipients of such an award conferred at a specially convened convocation...holds great symbolic significance," Mandela said. "The name of an African is now added to those two illustrious leaders of the Western world...
Flanked by some of the most renowned scholars of Africa and Afro-American studies, standing at a podium adorned with white and crimson roses, Mandela praised Harvard's commitment to studying the African continent...
...fledgling democracy faced with enormous tasks of reconstruction and development owes your institution a great debt of gratitude," Mandela said. "As South Africans play their role in helping to conceptualize and give content to the African Renaissance, we continue to draw upon the intellectual skills nurtured and honored here...
...ceremony, to the steady beat of African drums and the ringing bells of Memorial Church, Mandela shook hands and chatted with students, hugging the more emotional supporters...