On May 8, 1996, South Africa took another step from apartheid to democracy by adopting a constitution that guaranteed equal rights for Blacks and whites. Click here for more Today in History.
A praise-singer leads the way as Cyril Ramaphosa, center left, head of the Constitutional Assembly, his deputy Leon Wessels, center, right, and President Nelson Mandela, behind, arrive at the Constitutional Assembly in Cape Town Wednesday May 8, 1996. South Africa adopted a new constitution that guarantees equal rights and majority rule and completes the transformation from the injustice of apartheid to a liberal democracy.
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