Nelson Mandela Contribution

Nelson Mandela once said, “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin,”. An apartheid government is one that uses a system of racial segregation. During the 1900s in South Africa, the black South Africans were being discriminated against and their country was ruled by an apartheid government. The black South Africans were being discriminated not only in income, but also job opportunities and places they could work, shop and attend school. Eventually the black South Africans got sick of being treated unfairly and decided to make a change. Arguably the most influential man to ending apartheid in South Africa was Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela was definitely one of the most important people during South Africa 's movement to end apartheid and white supremacy. With the help of the African National Congress and the African National Congress Youth League, Nelson Mandela and others were able to bring an end to apartheid in South Africa. Not only did the African National Congress Youth League strengthen the pursuit of equal rights by encouraging young black South Africans to protest and help to overcome apartheid in South Africa, which built the protest against apartheid regime, but it also educated those same young …show more content…
The purpose of the National African Congress Youth League was to “encourage the youth of South Africa to fight against the apartheid government.”[xii]The African National Congress Youth League would help to motivate kids to fight back against white South Africans and end apartheid and white supremacy. The African National Congress Youth League would take in black South Africans and educate them on basic school studies so they would be able to have a job later in