OPENING THAT CONNECTS TO THESIS. Nelson Mandela’s career in politics began in 1942 when he joined the ANC. At this time, The ANC lacked the leadership necessary to stand against South African Apartheid Laws. In 1944, Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, and Oliver Tambo formed The African National Congress Youth League. These young leaders challenged the moderate leadership and sparked the ANC president, Albert Luthuli, to sponsor nonviolent protests, strikes, boycotts, and marches. Mandela directed the 1952 Defiance Campaign, a campaign where South Africans openly defied Apartheid laws, which turned out to be one of the largest mass actions that confronted the apartheid regime. However, one evening a group of protestors were arrested in Johannesburg
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The Treason trial dragged on for four and a half year, during which Mandela remained free on bail. The 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, where police opened fire on unarmed protestors, led the government to declare a state of emergency to which they banned the ANC. The banning of the ANC caused the Treason Trial lawyers to withdraw. Mandela stepped up to the plate and distinguished himself with his legal ability and eloquent statements of the ANC’s philosophies. His testimony during the Treason Trial brought him international recognition. Eventually, all those accused were released due to lack of evidence in March of 1961. The same year, Mandela co-founded Umkhonto we Sizwe, otherwise known as the MK. The MK was the military wing of the ANC that used sabotage and guerilla warfare to help the struggle against apartheid laws. He was arrested again in 1962 and charged for leaving the country without a permit and inciting a strike. He had to serve a five-year prison term for his offenses. During first two decades in the ANC, Nelson prevailed as a young leader and continued his fight for end to racial segregation. CLOSING THAT CONNECTS TO
The Treason trial dragged on for four and a half year, during which Mandela remained free on bail. The 1960 Sharpeville Massacre, where police opened fire on unarmed protestors, led the government to declare a state of emergency to which they banned the ANC. The banning of the ANC caused the Treason Trial lawyers to withdraw. Mandela stepped up to the plate and distinguished himself with his legal ability and eloquent statements of the ANC’s philosophies. His testimony during the Treason Trial brought him international recognition. Eventually, all those accused were released due to lack of evidence in March of 1961. The same year, Mandela co-founded Umkhonto we Sizwe, otherwise known as the MK. The MK was the military wing of the ANC that used sabotage and guerilla warfare to help the struggle against apartheid laws. He was arrested again in 1962 and charged for leaving the country without a permit and inciting a strike. He had to serve a five-year prison term for his offenses. During first two decades in the ANC, Nelson prevailed as a young leader and continued his fight for end to racial segregation. CLOSING THAT CONNECTS TO