Nelson Mandela 100 -- July 18, 2018

Nelson Mandela was born 100 years ago today, on 18-July-2018.  

I remember him being in prison much of the time I was growing up.  I didn't see how apartheid could end without bloodshed.  But then I couldn't see how the Soviet Union could fall without a war.  Mandela could have called for a revolution when he got out of prison, but he was willing to talk and negotiate. 

He was a great human being.