Californians Reflect on Fight to Free Mandela, End Apartheid

In the wake of Nelson Mandela's death, those who were involved in the fight to free him from prison and to divest from companies doing business in South Africa under apartheid are remembering that struggle. In 1979, Berkeley became the first city in the U.S. to pass divestment legislation. In 1984, San Francisco longshoremen famously refused to unload South African cargo. In 1986 -- after years of protests against the South African government -- then Govorner George Deukmejian signed a bill that enabled California's enormous pension funds to divest.