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...Bret Nelson, ST. JOSEPH...
...medal was first awarded in 2000 to attorneys involved in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case. Other recipients include author and social justice activist Randall Robinson and former South African President Nelson Mandela...
...bespectacled Matory rested his right arm on an empty chair while listening to the initial objections of his colleagues. “Professor Matory desires a situation in which he may say whatever he wishes, no matter how outrageous or inflammatory,” government professor Eric Nelson said. Computer science professor Michael O. Rabin said he did not believe the proposal enhanced the Faculty’s existing free speech guidelines and moved to table Matory’s motion. “I think we can all agree that we have complete confidence in our leadership...
...front runner to succeed Thabo Mbeki as President of South Africa. Mbeki has two years left in his second term--the constitution bars him from a third. In December, Zuma will try to replace him as president of the African National Congress (ANC), which has dominated politics since, under Nelson Mandela, it was instrumental in ending apartheid in 1994. If Zuma wins the party presidency at the ANC conference in the northern city of Polokwane, he is all but assured of elevation to South Africa's highest office in 2009. The only man who could beat Zuma to the party...
...Klerk, who led South Africa from 1989 to 1994, shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, who was imprisoned for 27 years for challenging apartheid policies but later freed by de Klerk...