During Tuesday's memorial service at South Africa's largest soccer stadium, President Obama delivered a 20-minute eulogy that compared Mandela to Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln and ...

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JOHANNESBURG - President Barack Obama's eulogy was for Nelson Mandela, but it laid out for a global audience the work that Obama himself would like to be remembered for: an unending fight against ...

Obama’s eulogy for Nelson Mandela, in a rain-swept stadium in Johannesburg on Tuesday, was a remarkable milestone in his presidency Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

The eulogy, a celebration spoken at death, nonetheless is one of the great art forms of life. In Adlai Stevenson’s eulogy of Eleanor Roosevelt, the two-time Democratic presidential nominee spoke of ...

Idris Elba, left, as Nelson Mandela, and Riaad Moosa, as Ahmed Kathrada, in the film, "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom." With the passing of Nelson Mandela, the sweeping biopic "Mandela: Long Walk to ...

Thousands gathered to celebrate the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela during a memorial service held in Soccer City in Johannesburg. Interestingly, the stadium was also the place where Madiba made his ...

During a 20-minute eulogy, Obama said Mandela was the "last great liberator of the 20th century." During Tuesday's memorial service at South Africa's largest soccer stadium, President Obama delivered ...

With the passing of Nelson Mandela, the sweeping biopic “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” transforms in the midst of its theatrical release from a living tribute to a big-screen eulogy. The South ...