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    hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” ( Julia Glum 2015 )This is a famous quote of Nelson Mandela, a black south african leader who fought for his rights and black peoples right since they were treated like their worthless. Nelson Mandela challenged and resisted the apartheid regime, He was later sent to over 20 years in prison because of that. 4 years after he was released, he was elected as the…

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    Nelson Mandela was born in Mvezo, South Africa. His father’s name is Henry Mphakanyiswa Mandela, and his mother is called Fanny. Nelson Mandela’s father was part of the Thembu Tribe. For Nelson’s father being a part of that tribe consisted of living, farming and they had to raise animals in their region for generations. 44Nelson and his mother and sisters had to move a few miles away from home to Qunu. Nelson has three sisters, three half-brothers and six half-sisters. Nelson herded cattle and…

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    The Impact of Nelson Mandela Racism has been challenged by the accomplishments of Nelson Mandela as described by the article, “Nelson Mandela remembered: ‘He achieved more than could be expected of any man’,” published in Chicago Tribune on December 6, 2013. Nelson Mandela was born in racially controlled South Africa with the intentions of making it equal. The minority white had almost all control of the socio-economic and political power of South Africa. Nelson went on a journey throughout his…

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    Nelson Mandela was an activist. He helped to end apartheid and fought for human rights. Nelson Mandela was born in 1918 and last away in 2013 he was 95 years old. Around 1940 Nelson Mandela was put in jail for his leadership and participation in peaceful protest and armed resistance against that whites. Nelson Mandela faced many struggles but at the end of it all he showed and ltouched the world on what he stood and believed in. One of Nelson Mandela’s biggest struggles was being put in…

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    Nelson Mandela Quote

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    Nelson Mandela once said that “There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” Although, Nelson Mandela isn’t an actor and doesn’t even have anything to do with the show business he still is an inspiration to many. I relate to this quote in many ways; one way I relate to this quote is that I feel that anyone can accomplish what they want if they try harder. Also, people shouldn’t see themselves as less then what they…

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    Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in a small town called Mvezo which is located in the continent of South Africa.(pages 1-5) When Nelson was around 16 years old, he had to generate into the African traditional circumcision to show his new sign of becoming a man. An uncircumcised man couldn’t receive any of their father’s wealth or better yet money, they couldn’t marry at tribal rituals or even take the lead at any traditional rituals. The traditional rituals in South Africa which I heard…

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    Nelson Mandela was an amazing South African. He fought slavery, white settlers and even jail to install black rights for his people. Nelson Mandela made it fair for many blacks and inspired many people like Martin Luther King Jr. to fight for black rights. Jail didn't scare this amazing man for after he got out of jail he continued to try to make it equal. Nelson Mandela affected many black peoples lives taking the stand that he took and that is what makes Nelson Mandela such an amazing South…

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    Nelson Mandela Champion of Freedom http://www.history.com/topics/nelson-mandela What is the most significant theme or event devilled in this life story? The most significant event developed in Nelson Mandela’s life story is when he was taken out of prison on 1990 and in 1994 he was elected president. List four open interview questions you imagine the writer may have asked to elicit the information in this life story. The Interviewers would have asked Nelson Mandela, (assuming he was still…

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    Nelson Mandela once stated "When people want to get a herd to move in a certain direction stand at the back with a stick, then a few of the more energetic cattle move to the front, and the rest of the cattle follow" (Mandela 54). Mandela chooses not to lead from the front but to lead from behind. Mandela suggest leaders should all lead from the back of the group because all great leaders can lead from anywhere especially the back. The apartheid was a system of racial segregation in South Africa…

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    This movie is based on an autobiography of Nelson Mandela. Mandela is a lawyer from South Africa. In the 1940s, when the law under the Apartheid systems cruel authoritarianism proves useless for his nation, he joins the African National Congress (ANC). They did a lot of preaching and protesting. He wanted everybody no matter the race to all be treated the same and all have equal rights. But what was happening was blacks were being separated from the whites. The whites were taking over the…

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