NELSON MANDELA
18th July 1918
He was the first Black President of South Africa
He was a civil rights leader
He was born
2013
He was died
He wanted freedom, equality and peace for all people
He belived in NON-violent and paceful protest
In a villahe in South Africa
Mandela joined the African National Congress (ANC)
Because he believed that all people should had same rights
The ANC's rival was the Apartheid
a social system which separated white Africans from Africans of other races.
He was arrested many times
In 1964 the government sentenced him to life
imprisonment
He spent 27 years in
prison
He wrote his autobiography, Long Walk To Freedom
in 1993 he shared the Nobel Peace Prize for ending theapartheid system.
He became the most famous prisoner and many people supported the Free Nelson Mandela movement
18th July
Is Nelson Mandela day
People spend times for helping other people