Rolihlahla Mandela was born into the Madiba clan in the Village of Mvezo on July 18, 1918. When he was 12 years old, his father had passed away. Nelson attended primary school in Qunu where his teacher gave him the name Nelson, in accordance with the custom of giving all the schoolchildren Christian names. Mandela began his studies for a Bachelor degree in arts at the University of Fort Hare but he did not receive his degree but expelled for joining a student protest. Nelson later did receive his degree at the University of South Africa and later went back to Fort Hare for his graduation in 1943. Meanwhile, he began studying for a LLB at the University of Witwatersrand. Nelson chose to go to the university even though, he was a poor student.
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In 1944 he married Walter Sisulu cousin, Evelyn Mase, she worked as a nurse. They had two sons and two daughters, but later him and his wife divorced in 1958. Mandela would rise through the ranks for the ANCYL and through its efforts, the ANC adopted a more radical based policy, The Programmed of Action, in 1949. In 1952 he was chosen as the National Volunteer-in-Chief of the Defiance Campaign with Maulvi Cachalia as his deputy. This campaign of civil disobedience against six unjust laws was a joint programmed between the ANC and the South African Indian Congress. He and 19 others were charged with the Suppression of Communism Act for their part in the campaign were sentenced in nine months of hard labor, while being suspended for two years. A two-year diploma in law on top of his bachelor degree, which allowed Mandela to practice law. In the month of August 1952 he and Oliver Tambo established the first South African black law firm it was named Mandela & …show more content…
Men and women of all races had found themselves in the docks of the marathon trial that the only reason for ending was when the last 28 were accused, including Mandela, were innocent on March 29, 1961. On March 21, 1960 the authorities had killed 69 unarmed people in a protest in Sharpeville against the pass laws. This led to the country’s first state of emergency and the banning of the ANC and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) on 8 April. Mandela and his colleagues in the Treason Trial were among thousands detained during the state of emergency. During the trial, Mandela had married a social worker, named Winnie Madikizela, on June 14, 1958. They had two daughters. The couple divorced in 1996. Before the Treason Trial had ended, Mandela had travelled to Pietermaritzburg to speak, which resolved in the end that he should write to the Prime Minister which he requested a national convention on a non-racial constitution, and to warn them that he should not agree there would be a national strike against South Africa becoming a republic nation. After he and his colleagues were acquitted in the Treason Trial, Mandela left and began planning a national strike on March 29, 30, and
In 1944 he married Walter Sisulu cousin, Evelyn Mase, she worked as a nurse. They had two sons and two daughters, but later him and his wife divorced in 1958. Mandela would rise through the ranks for the ANCYL and through its efforts, the ANC adopted a more radical based policy, The Programmed of Action, in 1949. In 1952 he was chosen as the National Volunteer-in-Chief of the Defiance Campaign with Maulvi Cachalia as his deputy. This campaign of civil disobedience against six unjust laws was a joint programmed between the ANC and the South African Indian Congress. He and 19 others were charged with the Suppression of Communism Act for their part in the campaign were sentenced in nine months of hard labor, while being suspended for two years. A two-year diploma in law on top of his bachelor degree, which allowed Mandela to practice law. In the month of August 1952 he and Oliver Tambo established the first South African black law firm it was named Mandela & …show more content…
Men and women of all races had found themselves in the docks of the marathon trial that the only reason for ending was when the last 28 were accused, including Mandela, were innocent on March 29, 1961. On March 21, 1960 the authorities had killed 69 unarmed people in a protest in Sharpeville against the pass laws. This led to the country’s first state of emergency and the banning of the ANC and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) on 8 April. Mandela and his colleagues in the Treason Trial were among thousands detained during the state of emergency. During the trial, Mandela had married a social worker, named Winnie Madikizela, on June 14, 1958. They had two daughters. The couple divorced in 1996. Before the Treason Trial had ended, Mandela had travelled to Pietermaritzburg to speak, which resolved in the end that he should write to the Prime Minister which he requested a national convention on a non-racial constitution, and to warn them that he should not agree there would be a national strike against South Africa becoming a republic nation. After he and his colleagues were acquitted in the Treason Trial, Mandela left and began planning a national strike on March 29, 30, and