Bradley Invites Mandela to Speak at Rally in L.A.
Mayor Tom Bradley has invited anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela to stop in Los Angeles to address a rally for interracial harmony when Mandela visits the United States, the mayor’s office said Thursday.
The rally could be held in the 92,000-seat Memorial Coliseum, Bradley said in a letter sent to Mandela in care of the African National Congress representative at the United Nations. The mayor said the city would pay for all expenses related to Mandela’s visit to the city.
Mandela, freed earlier this month after 27 years in prison in South Africa, has already accepted an invitation from President Bush to come to Washington, but no date has been set.
Vallee Bunting, the mayor’s press deputy, said Bradley has not yet received a response from Mandela.
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