February 11, 1990, was the day millions of black South Africans had been waiting decades for.
On that cloudless Sunday afternoon, Nelson Mandela
walked out of Victor Verster Prison flanked by his wife Winnie
Madikizela-Mandela, his right hand raised and fist clenched
A sea of
excited supporters held back by police had lined up, all trying to get a
glimpse of their just-freed leader who had spent 27 years in prison for
fighting against the country's discriminatory apartheid system of
racial segregation.
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