* Who was the Black Pimpernel? 1964: ‘Black Pimpernel’ Convicted PRETORIA, South Africa — The African nationalist leader Nelson ‘‘the Black Pimpernel’’ Mandela and seven others were convicted today [June 11] by the Supreme Court of sabotage and plotting revolution. Sentences, which could be death. . A ninth defendant, Lionel Bernstein, one of two… Continue reading Black Pimpernel
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