African National Congress Youth League

In 1952 Mandela traveled all across the country to help lead the African National Congress’s Campaign for the Defiance of Unjust Laws. He travelled to organize protests against discriminatory policies, and to promote the manifesto known as the Freedom Charter ratified by the Congress of the People in 1955. In 1952 Mandela and Oliver Tambo opened the first black law firm, which offered free or low-cost legal counsel to those affected by apartheid legislation in 1952.

In the 1960s, many of the colonial nations of Africa were gaining independence. The ANC was encouraged and campaigned for democracy in South Africa. They were mild campaigns at first, but as the government became more hostile, so did ANC protests. In November 1961, a military branch of the party was organized with Mandela as its head. It authorized the limited use of arms and sabotage against the government, which got the government’s attention—and its anger! Mandela went into hiding in 1964, he was captured, tried, and sentenced to life imprisonment. It was a sad day for black South Africa.

6) however, like Gandhi, he encouraged the volunteers not to retaliate. Mandela spent 26 years and 8 months in jail as punishment for his protesting however, he felt that “no sacrifice was too great in the struggle for freedom” (Doc. 9). He spent time in jail with other protesters that all felt that “whatever sentences [they] received, even the death sentence… [their] deaths would not be in vain” (Doc. 9). Freedom for the South African people from apartheid finally came in 1993. To Mandela this was not just the freedom of his people but “the freedom of all people, black and white” (Doc. 12). “South Africa’s New Democracy” rose after years of continuous nonviolence from the populace.

Thesis Statement: Apartheid may have been a horrible era in South African history, but only so because the whites were forced to take action against the outrageous and threatening deeds of the blacks in order to sustain their power.

While in prison many other ANC leaders were also found and arrested. They were all put on trial (Rivonia Trial) for sabotage, treason, and violent conspiracy. Mandela was sentenced to life in prison at the maximum security Robben Island Prison. Although in a maximum-security prison, Mandela was still able to keep in contact with the anti-apartheid movement secretly. For 18 years Mandela stayed at Robben Island, where he lived under harsh conditions with other political leaders. This time spent in the prison changed his attitude and made him become the great political leader that he is today. He realized that violence was not the answer to all his problems. Furthermore, many would think that this imprisonment would hurt the anti-apartheid movement, but in reality it helped much more. Many world leaders demanded that Mandela be

From this we observe that Mandela coordinated and led people to fight apartheid. As it can be concluded from the preceding information, Martin Luther King's actions and Nelson Mandela's actions justify their similarity.

“To deny people their right to human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of hunger and deprivation is to dehumanize them. But such has been the terrible fate of all black persons in our country under the system of apartheid (“In Nelson Mandela’s own words”). Nelson Mandela was a moral compass symbolizing the struggle against racial oppression. Nelson Mandela emerged from prison after twenty-seven years to lead his country to justice. For twenty-seven years he sat in a cell because he believed in a country without apartheid, a country with freedom and human rights. He fought for a country where all people were equal, treated with respect and given equal opportunity. Nelson Mandela looms large in the

Throughout this section of the book, Mandela further explains and elaborates on where he appears to be in politics. He explains everyone’s, such as Xuma, Mda, and Lembede role in the ANC. Moreover, he shows how the ANC has progressed over the years. He states that with the emergence and introduction of Xuma, the amount of money in the ANC’s bank went from seventeen shillings to four thousand pounds. Mandela also elaborates upon how he and many others such as Mda worked together to form the ANC youth league. According to him, Mda wanted the Youth league to function as a militant wing and operation for the head group the ANC. Throughout this section it is also further explained that the ANC, the South African activist group had connections

Specific Purpose: To inform my communication studies 192 with a general understanding of the life and outstanding impact that Nelson Mandela has left on the world.

He encouraged them to come together and fight again any individual who wanted to destroy the freedom that Hani had fought for. Mandela encouraged people to remain peaceful but ready to fight for their right. He did not want violence to erupt among his followers that would have led to a lot of destruction. This should the power of leadership that Mandela had. He was able to communicate to people and make them do what he want. His decisions were wise and everyone abided by them. His decisions were focused on the interest of all citizens. He sort for freedom through bringing people together. From this decision, one can conclude that Mandela was wise and thought about the nation’s future. The decisions were based on the good of South African people. These leadership qualities show his interest in fighting for human rights and future peaceful coexistence.

    Nelson Mandela was a great leader of South Africa. Nelson Rolihlahla  Mandela was born in South Africa on July 18, 1918. He was an anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist, who was the first black and democratically elected President. Before Mandela was elected president, South Africa was a country with a white supremacist government, ruled by apartheid. There were racial tensions between whites and blacks, both races hated each other. Blacks were uneducated and most of them were poor and had little food. Nelson Mandela had a positive impact towards South Africa because he ended apartheid, unified South Africa and helped those less

Nelson Mandela was a man who learned from his previously violent ways and thoroughly used peace to his advantage in his fight against apartheid, and in the leading of South Africa. Nelson Mandela grew up as a peaceful person and in 1943 went to law school for his degree. While in law school, he got very interested in politics and joined a radical protest group, the African National Congress (The ANC). The ANC got into a lot of trouble with the government for their ideas about a place without apartheid. Mandela was arrested in 1963 and sentenced to life in prison. The government let him out of

Nelson Mandela was an exceptional leader, as President he took South Africa to somewhere it had never been. He valued his time as President, because he knew his time was limited; often working days without a break. Each step of the way he took risks for the good of the people. When told he was ‘risking his political capital and his future as a leader’, he replied, “The day I am afraid to do that is the day I am no longer fit to lead.”

KIELBURGER, C. (2013, July 17). Honouring Nelson Mandela—a father of peace and reconciliation - See more at: Http://www.weday.com/global-voices/honouring-nelson-mandela-a-father-of-peace-and-reconciliation/#sthash.Xm7Y1c2r.dpuf. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

I have always thought that Nelson Mandela has been one of the most important people in history. I find it very fascinating that one man could end the Apartheid and that is why I want to find out more about this. South Africa is a country with a past of enforced racism and separation of its multi-racial community. The White Europeans invaded South Africa and started a political system known as 'Apartheid' (meaning 'apartness'). This system severely restricted the rights and lifestyle of the non-White inhabitants of the country forcing them to live separately from the White Europeans. I have chosen to investigate how the Apartheid affected people’s lives, and also how and why the Apartheid system rose and fell in South Africa.