World-renowned civil rights leader (born 1918) who, in 1994, became the first black president of South Africa. From 1964 to 1990, Mandela was imprisoned for opposing South Africa’s white minority government and its policy of apartheid; in 1993, he won the Nobel Peace Prize. FDC with a cachet honoring the United Nations Development Program, signed on the front in black felt tip, “N. Mandela.” In fine condition, with a light overall shade of toning. R&R COA.
