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Jul 17, 2020 · How Nelson Mandela fought apartheid—and why his work is not complete. This activist dedicated his life to dismantling racism—and went from being the world’s most famous political prisoner...
22 hours ago · On June 12, 1964, he was sentenced to life imprisonment, narrowly escaping the death penalty. Nelson Mandela, the revered anti-apartheid activist and South African president, fought for equality and reconciliation, leaving an enduring legacy of peace and social justice.
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ( / mænˈdɛlə / man-DEH-lə; [1] Xhosa: [xolíɬaɬa mandɛ̂ːla]; born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and statesman who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
- Nelson Mandela’s Childhood and Education. Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, into a royal family of the Xhosa-speaking Thembu tribe in the South African village of Mvezo, where his father, Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa (c.
- Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress. Nelson Mandela’s commitment to politics and the ANC grew stronger after the 1948 election victory of the Afrikaner-dominated National Party, which introduced a formal system of racial classification and segregation—apartheid—that restricted nonwhites’ basic rights and barred them from government while maintaining white minority rule.
- Nelson Mandela and the Armed Resistance Movement. In 1961, Nelson Mandela co-founded and became the first leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe (“Spear of the Nation”), also known as MK, a new armed wing of the ANC.
- Nelson Mandela’s Years Behind Bars. Nelson Mandela spent the first 18 of his 27 years in jail at the brutal Robben Island Prison, a former leper colony off the coast of Cape Town, where he was confined to a small cell without a bed or plumbing and compelled to do hard labor in a lime quarry.
Dec 5, 2013 · 5 December 2013. What was apartheid? A 90-second look back at decades of injustice. After being jailed for life in 1964, Nelson Mandela became a worldwide symbol of resistance to apartheid. But...
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Nov 20, 2020 · On April 27, 1994, the country elected Nelson Mandela, an activist who had spent 27 years in prison for his opposition to apartheid, in its first free presidential election. This Day in...
Jun 8, 2013 · Nelson Mandela is one of the world's most revered statesmen, who led the struggle to replace the apartheid regime of South Africa with a multi-racial democracy. Jailed for 27 years, he...
