AAPB<p>Today, we reflect on the legacy of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NelsonMandela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NelsonMandela</span></a>, who passed away <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/onthisday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onthisday</span></a> in 2013.</p><p>In 1994, just months after becoming South Africa’s first democratically elected president, Mandela spoke at Howard University’s Commencement Convocation, where he was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws degree. In his speech, Mandela celebrated the transformative power of education, acknowledging Howard’s historic contributions to progress.</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-293-56zw3xfx" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">americanarchive.org/catalog/cp</span><span class="invisible">b-aacip-293-56zw3xfx</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublicBroadcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicBroadcasting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AAPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AAPB</span></a></p>