{"id":652,"date":"2013-12-07T21:12:58","date_gmt":"2013-12-08T05:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mannm\/?p=652"},"modified":"2013-12-07T23:12:34","modified_gmt":"2013-12-08T07:12:34","slug":"nelson-mandela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mannm\/2013\/12\/07\/nelson-mandela\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelson Mandela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u201cWhat counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014 Nelson Mandela<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mannm\/files\/2013\/12\/nelson-mandela-thumb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-654\" alt=\"Nelson Mandela on Day After Release\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mannm\/files\/2013\/12\/nelson-mandela-thumb.jpg\" width=\"282\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mannm\/files\/2013\/12\/nelson-mandela-thumb.jpg 282w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mannm\/files\/2013\/12\/nelson-mandela-thumb-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As some of you may already know, Nelson Mandela, human rights activist and former South African president, died last week on December 5 at the age of 95. He spent much of his life fighting for equal rights for all people regardless of your race, gender, appearance, and abilities. Nelson Mandela was sent to prison for his beliefs and spent 27 years in jail. Even from prison, he continued his fight and when he was released, he soon became the first black president of South Africa in 1994. He changed the lives of countless people and will be always be remembered for making the world a better place. Please have a look at the sites below to learn more about this incredible man&#8217;s life. What difference can you make to the lives of other people in your life and maybe even around the world?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/schools\/primaryhistory\/famouspeople\/nelson_mandela\/\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/schools\/primaryhistory\/famouspeople\/nelson_mandela\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Nelson Mandela\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nelsonmandela.org\/multimedia\/entry\/nelson-mandelas-life-story-documentary\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nelsonmandela.org\/multimedia\/entry\/nelson-mandelas-life-story-documentary<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhat counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.\u201d \u2014 Nelson Mandela As some of you may already know, Nelson Mandela, human rights activist and former South African president, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2483,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[58],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mannm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mannm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mannm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mannm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2483"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mannm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mannm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":660,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mannm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652\/revisions\/660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mannm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mannm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mannm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}