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    Nelson Mandela was a strong leader who never gave up on what he believed to be right, even when the task seemed impossible. He led the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) to fight the Apartheid laws in South Africa. Many people looked up to Mandela as a great leader and their hope for equal rights. Even though he spent a total of 27 years in prison. Nelson Mandela led his people by example, doing everything he could to fight apartheid and standing strong. After many long hard years,…

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    obviously, an adage. Nelson Mandela is one of the modest group of twentieth century pioneers for whom this announcement holds valid in worldwide terms. Mandela was to some degree a dark figure just a couple of years before his release from prison in 1990, for example, Mandela is described as a militant pioneer and an ANC radical leader who turned into a world statesman amid the twentieth century. There cannot be a more natural figure in South African history than Nelson Mandela, whose own…

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    and Villains Nelson Mandela 1.What did this activist do that made him famous? Nelson Mandela did what no other has done in his Country and that is to become the first black president of South Africa. Nelson Mandela wanted to achieve equality rights and battled for independence and racial equality. Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison but was sentenced to life. Nelson Mandela came out of prison at the age of 71. He was imprisoned for…

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    Nelson Mandela made this point in one of his speeches in his country of South Africa, which generally is quite significant. These words generally carry a lot of meaning for those who generally struggled to gain their freedom and to mostly be recognized in South Africa, in times of adversity. This for all intents and purposes quote reminds us to mostly invest in the specifically hopes alongside the willingness to for all intents and purposes get involved, to really produce results, which…

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    Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela was born 18th July 1918 in Mvezo on the east coast of South Africa. His father named him Rolihlahla which means troublemaker. He grew up in an african society, unchanged for hundreds of years. He spent his early childhood in a neighbouring village, where his mother came from. He didn't grow up amongst whites and felt the feeling of inferiority that many africans do. He was just seven when this “white world” had an great impact on him, his black village teacher…

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    Shayla Boyd Mr. Griffin English 3, Period 5 November 5, 2014 Nelson Mandela: Changing South Africa One Step At A Time By Shayla Boyd Martin Luther King Jr, one of the great leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, once said “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere ”(King). Dr. King was not only concerned with unfair treatment of blacks in a particular place, but the injustice they faced everywhere. Nelson Mandela would agree with this because he not only fought for oppressed South…

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    Nelson Mandela was one of the most influential people in our world's history. He was born in 1918 in the village of Mvezo in the British protectorate of Transkei in South Africa. He grew up in the village with his father as the chief. Nelson attended a school in the protectorate and was taught by a teacher who gave him the name, Nelson, after previously having the name Rolihlahla. He was one of a small number of black men in the country to have received a high school education. Mandela attended…

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    Nelson Mandela A Great Leader Did you ever wondered who Nelson Mandela was and what he did for his country? Nelson Mandela is known for his story of success for democracy in his country. He gave a lot of citizens the right to vote for a leader. In 1994, he reached an agreement that allowed a Government of Unity. This may sound easy, but if you knew in what hardships Mandela had to go through to achieve his goals for a better country. Nelson Mandela did great achievements for a reconciliation in…

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    Nelson Mandela was a civil rights leader in South Africa that eventually brought equal rights between blacks and whites in South Africa. He envisioned being part of the struggle for freedom of blacks as he grew up listening to his ancestors’ stories about wars of resistance. He was tired of the apartheid rule that provide almost no rights to Africans and almost all rights to whites. The apartheid government ruled South Africa from 1948 to the 1990s. It segregated blacks from whites and placed…

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    being one of the most important value of Mandela . Also, being now a deputy president of the ANC in 1952, he had therefore more responsibilities, and he was one of the leader of the Campaign for the Defiance of Unjust Laws, which led to the making of the Freedom Charter, a…

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