Long Beach is part of Los Angeles County. Long Beach has 50.29 square miles of land area and 1.14 square miles of water area. As of 2010, the total Long Beach population is 462,257, which has grown 0.16% since 2000.
It was Nov. 9, 1970, and the prisoner was Nelson Mandela, held on Robben Island for his leading role in planning bomb attacks. A visit to a prison has a significance difficult to put into words, Mandela wrote in a letter to a friend in 1987.
A leader of his people. Nelson Mandela was the first black President of South Africa. He spent 27 years in prison for trying to overthrow the pro-apartheid government.After he left prison, he worked to achieve human rights and a better future for everyone in South Africa. leader of his people. Nelson Mandela was the first black President of South Africa. He spent 27 years in prison for trying to overthrow the pro-apartheid government.