Scope and Contents: The collection consists mostly of newspaper articles from 1990 to 1992 discussing the Nelson Mandela Freedom Tour. The Freedom Tour was a 12 day 8 city tour across the United States advocating continued sanctions against South Africa and raising money to strengthen the African National Congress. The collection references noteworthy people such as Winnie Mandela, Maya Angelou, Rosa Parks, John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Martin Luther King III, Coretta Scott King, and former President George Bush Sr..