Nelson Mandela’s Fight for South African’s Justice

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.

Boehmer’s Analysis: The Anti-Apartheid mission and Mandela imitated a Gandhi style protest for the various boycotts, Progamme of Action, and the Defiance Campaign. Eventually, the ANC and Mandela believed the Algerian analyst Frantz Fanon armed struggle was a more effective model against colonization. Mandela solidified his new creed in a speech to the Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa (PAFMECA) named “A Land Ruled By the Gun”, where Mandela hoped to establish a Pan-African relationship with African governments and nationalist organizations. Once released from prison, Mandela and the ANC again embraced the Gandhi form of non-violent discussion and negotiation.

The new system was called 'apartheid'.Apartheid forced white and non-white people to live in separate areas. Mandela and Oliver Tambo set up South Africa's first black law firm. Many poor people came to them for help.Mandela led young people in the ANC. Many white people, as well as black people, spoke out against apartheid. But to speak out was dangerous. In 1956, Mandela and 155 other people were arrested for treason. In 1960, people held a demonstration against apartheid at Sharpeville, near Johannesburg. The police shot dead 68 black people. The government blamed the ANC, and banned it. Mandela became leader of a secret army, known as 'Spear of the Nation'. He was hunted by the police. In 1956, Nelson Mandela, leader in African National Congress, an organization dedicated to protesting the South African Government policy of Apartheid, had been arrested for treason charges, but was acquitted. In 1962, 44 year old Nelson Mandela was arrested for trying to overthrow the pro-apartheid government and for illegally leaving South Africa. In 1964, when he was 46, he was sentenced to life in prison and was moved to Robben Island. In 1985, President P.W. Both offered to release Mandela, who had been moved to Pollsmoor

He asked several questions, "Who will deny that thirty years of my life have been spent knocking in vain, patiently, moderately, and modestly at a closed and barred door? What have been the fruits of moderation? The past thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws restricting our rights and progress, until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all." He asked these questions to make people understand the “unknown”, but known answers that they've known the whole time because of history. In this world, people don't realize that some answers have been right in front of their eyes the whole time, but it may take one person for them to see it. “ The stay-at-home, in accordance with ANC policy, was to be a peaceful demonstration. Careful instructions were given to organizers and members to avoid any recourse to violence.” In this statement, Nelson Mandela is giving the people's answers about the ANC policy and how it didn't work out. He believed that the only reason it didn't work out was because of the riots and people not having any peace. He believed the only way to stop the riots, was to defend the people and protest, not

"As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison." This was stated by former president of Africa, Nelson Mandela, who was sentenced to a 27-year sentence of imprisonment for standing up against a government that was committing egregious human rights abuses against black Southern Africans. Once Mandela was released in 1990, he went on to lead the way for the abolition of segregation four years later.

Mandela has been influenced by Gandhi all along his life. Gandhi, who was peaceful protestor against oppression led the Indian campaign in 1913. By this campaign, Mandela understood that to be successful in the freedom struggle, it was necessary to make sacrifices, and to suffer for the cause. Gandhi’s passive resistance inspired Mandela a lot and for the first years of his political career, he promoted non violent actions. These actions were therefore illegals, and like Gandhi, he was courageous and accepted the fact that those actions may led him to prison, like in Gandhi's case. However, when Mandela noticed that the passive resistance wasn’t effective, he decided to act in consequence, and to play by the government rules (use violence).

In 1948, the government introduced apartheid, which left the country’s non-white majority with few economic opportunities. In response, Mandela travelled throughout South Africa and encouraged people to take part in nonviolent demonstrations against the government’s racial segregation policies. He was arrested for organizing anti-government activities and eventually sentenced to life in prison. “I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities,” he said during his trial. “It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.” Mandela’s

Racial oppression and ethnic prejudice made the South Africa in unrest in the past. In 1948, South Africa implemented the Apartheid to separate black community and white community, and this behavior affected South Africa for a long time. Apartheid made this country suffered the racial oppression for a half-century; therefore, between the black community and white community is filled with oppression, discriminate, hostility and carnage. Although this is an unforgettable memory for the South Africa, luckily, they have Nelson Mandela, who is a great people for this country, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to help them rebuild their country. At the time of transition to democracy, Desmond Tutu as a leader of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, he used his intelligence and spirit to consider a third way to heal the past, but not punish the atrocities. Desmond Tutu didn't choose the Nuremberg trails and national amnesia. Instead, he considered a third way to take place of these two extreme courses of action. In my opinion, it is

After other unsuccessful attempts to end apartheid and racial discrimination along with the government banning of ANC (knight Virginia curtain) Mandela and other fighters of apartheid had enough and decided violence would be the only way to end the racial discrimination in south Africa .Mandela spoke on this in a

The terrible events of March 21, 1960 shook up the town of Sharpeville. The police brutality was uncalled for. There are many peaceful ways of calming protesters that could have been utilized, rather than shooting into the crowd. This horrific event caused major organizations responsible for handling injusticeness to be forced underground and drew infamy towards the South African government. Their stock exchange decreased and their only aid came from U.S. loans. We believe that since the US was funding these acts, they possibly condoned this and ignored the unnecessary violence.

Mandela says, “No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end." Unfortunately, there are many awful people in life who will try to cut down other people’s dreams in life. In A Long Walk to Freedom, there are many times where people have tried to cut others down. Several people tried to cut Mandela down. The government was a major conflict for Mandela. In fact, the government was a conflict for several groups. They were against blacks and all the groups trying to gain rights. So many people were against the ANC, however they kept fighting for so long and eventually got what they were fighting for in the end. Winnie and Mandela’s family were forced apart in so many scenarios. They continued to fight and keep faith through it all. Throughout all of these situations people kept hoping and fighting and it all paid off in the end. This proves that if others try to cut someone down, that person has an option to have hope and keep fighting and there will be a great outcome most of the

Mandela was one of the world's most active and influential human activists of the 20th century. In his fight for equality Nelson Mandela fought through racism, imprisonment, and social inequality all in an effort for equal rights for African Americans in South Africa His efforts provided hope and pride for African Americans in South Africa that things could and would get better for them in the future. Mandela was far from perfect and had many issues he had to deal with publicly and personally. Mandela struggled with racism and social injustice throughout his life and seemed to just brush it off. Nelson Mandela overcame social inequality by breaking down the walls of politics for African Americans, being awarded the Nobel Prize for

As Gandhi has said about corrupt government “You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees”. In 1948 in South African elections put white supremacy in place which allowed them to segregate blacks from whites in South Africa. Over the course of the rule of supremacists, the South African blacks were treated worse and worse. Eventually, the people resorted to using protests, peace marches, hunger strikes, boycotting, and other tactics to show their civil unrest to the white supremacist government. The people of South Africa would have been supporting the evil of white supremacy and racism by not protesting its rule with civil disobedience.

Robben Island, the infamous prison said to have had kept over 3,000 political prisoners. Among these prisoners there is one man, one famous political activist known as Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela and many other political activist fought for the same thing, ending Apartheid. A system of racial segregation known as Apartheid was in effect from 1948 - 1994 in which only 20% of the South African population was in control. This certainly was not right, to be treated as a lower class person because of the color of your skin, and even your religion. It was time to end it, the road was rough but with an army of 3.5 million Nelson Mandela was finally able to establish a multiracial type government.

One way Nelson Mandela untied the Eastern World was by beginning and working through the Treason Trial. At the end of 1956 Nelson Mandela was arrested for protesting apartheid (Johnson). Mandela and 155 others were charged with treason and immediately arrested (Johnson). Mandela decided it would be a smart idea to form a group that supported the same equal rights he did, so he formed a group called the ANC (Johnson). Mandela was soon bailed out of prison and began working on the Treason Trial (Johnson). The Treason Trial is recalled as these events and the actual trial to determine who in this incident was guilty. Later, in 1960, 69 unarmed protesters were killed at a demonstration in the Johannesburg suburb of Sharpville (Johnson). The