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Nelson Mandela was the symbol and leader for many in South Africa during the 1950s-2000. He led many African Americans to fight for a common goal. This goal was to end apartheid and gain voting rights. Apartheid was another name for segregation in South Africa. Non-white Afrikaans were forced to use “separate but equal” facilities. This included buses, restrooms, public fountains, and other public areas. Nelson Mandela mainly fought for this, but also fought for voting rights. During this period, whites dominated politics and could only participate in the African government. Many blacks before Mandela also fought for this, but Mandela became the beacon to encourage many more to fight. Mandela used peaceful tactics to fight against apartheid. …show more content…

He returned to his hometown of Jongintaba Dalindyebo, but the king was furious at Mandela for not finishing his degree. He then went to the University of South Africa to complete his Bachelor of Arts degree. At the time, he was also studying for his LLB (Bachelor of Laws) at the University of the Witwatersrand. He didn’t complete this degree in 1952 because of financial issues. He re-attempted to in 1962, but still couldn’t complete it. Finally, in 1989, Mandela obtained an LLB at the University of South …show more content…

Mandela became increasingly involved in politics in 1952 when he became the National Volunteer-in-Chief of the Defiance Campaign. The campaign opposed 6 unjust laws in South Africa. The plan was created by the ANC and the South Indian National Congress during a meeting. Attendees burned their pass books and many others were encouraged to do so. Mandela traveled across the country to organize protests against discrimination. He also helped create a manifesto called the Freedom’s Charter in 1955. Mandela and nineteen others were arrested and sentenced to nine months of labor, and suspended from the ANC for two years under the Suppression of Communism Act. Mandela soon rejoined politics. He was highly involved in the Freedom’s Charter. The Freedom’s Charter said, “South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black or white.” All 156 activists were later acquitted in 1961 for opposing Apartheid

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Mandela was a leader in African National Congress. The story says that “he was in a political party that opposed South Africa’s policy of racial segregation.” Mandela became the world’s best-known political prisoner. In the story it says, “he was sentenced to life prison, but he never gave up.” In 1990 he was released, and became South Africa’s first black president.

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Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years for being apart of the African National Congress and speaking out against the government. After he was released, he was elected the first Black President of South Africa. He negotiated with the white government, saying "the ANC will not suspend, to say nothing of abandoning, the armed struggle until the government shows its willingness to surrender the monopoly of political power" (Document E). Mandela spoke for the black population of South Africa, asking the government to share political power with acknowledged black leaders in the nation. He was an admirable figure in the movement to end the apartheid, and the cry "Free Mandela" was heard throughout South Africa.

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However, after watching the white government’s ruthless disregard for the safety and wellbeing of those who protested it, Mandela altered his position. When the new government passed six laws which enforced racial separation, a person’s race classification affected all aspects of life. Black Africans were required to carry a pass, and they could be arrested if failing to produce one. The government banned the ANC in wake of the Sharpenville Massacre, but it continued its activities underground. After Nelson watched the governments’ destruction on society, he pushed the ANC and its military unit, MK, towards the direction of sabotage.

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Mandela had a commitment to millions of South Africans that he would help them even if it meant he couldn’t help the people he knew and loved. Mandela states, “In life, every man has twin obligations-obligations to his family, to his parents, to his wife and children; and he has an obligation to his people, his community, his country... But in a country like South Africa, it was almost impossible for a man of my birth and color to fulfill both of these obligations.” Mandela sacrificed time with his family and friends that he knew and loved to stand up for the freedom of his people. At one point Mandela realized that he wasn’t free and neither was his brothers and sisters either, no one of his color was free.

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