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Some members of the crowd were more skeptical--not of Mandela's message, but of the prospect for change. "There's a lot of promises," said Malcolm, comparing Saturday's events to last spring's Earth Day celebration...
...will help those who listen," Smith said of Mandela's speech. "But it will do nothing for people who don't like other people...
...Nelson Mandela had been a dutiful young man, respectful of tradition and authority, he would have grown up to be a chief of the Tembu tribe in the South African homeland of Transkei. Instead he rebelled against tribal ways, an arranged marriage and the white government's brutal apartheid system. He eventually became the world's most famous prisoner and, since his release four months ago, the de facto leader of the African National Congress...
...persuade the rest of the world not to reward President F.W. de Klerk too early for easing up on apartheid. And when he arrives in the U.S. this week, he will be forced into still another exhausting role: heroic superstar. One of the most honored and respected men alive, Mandela is in the spotlight everywhere he goes. But in the U.S., where media fire storms are an art form, the visit-as-event will reach its highest stage. He will be besieged by cameras and jostling admirers, beseeched by myriad groups seeking his imprimatur, and bemedaled at parades and stadium...
...Mandela holds a special place in the feelings of American civil rights campaigners, liberals and black activists. During the Reagan years, when such forces were dispirited and often divided, opposition to apartheid and support for Mandela provided them with a unifying passion. No leader since the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has brought together such a diverse coalition in the fight against racial injustice...