Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, touched Torontonians in a way no other foreign political leader has. “Black, white, young and old, stood side by side shouting, Mandela, Mandela, Mandela,’’ the Star reported. Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel applaud a choir of children during a ceremony to rename their school Nelson Mandela Park Public School in Toronto on Saturday Nov. 17, 2001. Nelson Mandela at the SkyDome (Rogers Centre) Sept. 25 1998, during one of his three visits to Toronto. More than 40,000 elementary school students, teachers and VIPs, including Prime Minister Jean Chretien, were in the stands to hear him speak.

Source: thestar November 02, 2017 11:03 UTC