Civil rights icon and former South African President Nelson Mandela died on Dec. 5, 2013. Capstone News Now reached out to local leaders to get their reactions to his death which came during the same year the University of Alabama celebrated 50 years of desegregation, and had renewed racial tensions exposed in a Crimson White report on the lack of integration in sorority houses.
Capstone News Now
Dec. 5, 2013
Anchors: Rich Robinson, Sonny Dill
Reporters: Taylor Wray, Patrick Brickman, Seth Juneac
Producer: Heath Howard
Additional Support: Varrecke Johnson, Andy Bass
Photo: Per-Anders Pettersson
Initial Reporting
Interview with Ahmad Ward, Head of Education for the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Interview with Lecia Brooks, Director of Outreach for the Civil Rights Memorial Center in Montgomery
Interview with State Rep. Chris England
Mandela’s Connection To Sports
Interview with Tuscaloosa City Council President Harrison Taylor
