What did Nelson Mandela do for the blacks ?
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Mandela stepped down in 1999 after his term ended. In retirement, Mandela occasionally used his celebrity status to help South Africa on the world stage. He was credited with helping to bring the 2010 Soccer World Cup to South Africa, the first time an African nation hosted the global event.
But in 2005, Mandela told a crowd in London of his proudest accomplishment: helping to end apartheid in South Africa.
"Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world. The sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement. Let freedom reign, God Bless Africa," he said.
Nelson Mandela — liberation leader, political prisoner, president, and global icon for peace — died Thursday at the age of 95.