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Nelson Mandela In A Lesson Before Dying

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Nelson Mandela, the first black South African president once stated, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. Moreover, he was unlike other competitors of his time. He heavily valued education and provided bountiful amounts of funding to expand the current education systems. Another well-educated African American in the book A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines was also a graduate who is obligated to educate the younger African American population in Louisiana. However, the near non-existent educational services provided down south skewed Grants mindset from Mandela’s. Even though the community was mostly uneducated precisely like Mandela's, he believes that his community is incapable of change and

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