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

 

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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