Mandelas Daughter Honored by U.S. Postal Service
Makaziwe Mandela (L) receives the Peace Award from William Thompson, Jr. ® U.S. Postal Service, on behalf of her father Nelson Mandela, who is imprisoned in South Africa. Occasion was the Boston Federal Executive Board Minority Opportunity Committee, Black History Month Luncheon, Hilton Hotel February 21, 1986. (UPI/Don West/U.S. Postal Service/Files)
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