Walk there was no freedom, there was this. Reporter with bob simon on the moment he was free. After 27 years, his head was high and his fist was clenched. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The South African government announced today that the state funeral for former president Nelson Mandela will be a week from sunday the culmination of days of Memorial Services. President obama will lead the u. S. Delegation and hes invited the former american president s to join him. Mourners continued to gather today at mandelas home in johannrg died last night and at his former home in soweto. And for us, no one image captured his legacy better than this blacks and whites side by side honoring the father of a multiracial south africa. A man who became a worldwide symbol for racial equality. Deborah patta is there. Reporter the streets of south africa were a riot of color, an explosion of song and dance today. From the sprawling township
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening, the South African government announced plans today for a week of Memorial Services for Nelson Mandela, culminating with his funeral a week from sunday. President obama will lead a u. S. Delegation, expected to include a number of former president s, though it is not known which of the services he will attend. Mourners continued to gather today at mandelas home in johannesburg where he died last night and at his former home in soweto. Perhaps no one image summed up his legacy better than this. Blacks and whites signed by side honoring the father of a multiracial south africa, a man who became a worldwide symbol for racial equality. Debra patta is there. Dance today. From the sprawling township of soweto to the plush upmarket suburb of hall on the, it was precisely the kind of sendoff Nelson Mandela would have loved. Since his death was announced, South Africans from all over the country have
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