This is Nelson Mandela. He was born in South Africa in 1918. He believed that everyone should be treated the same. He spent 27 years in prison. He was the first black President of South Africa. After being jailed for life in 1964, Nelson Mandela became a worldwide symbol of resistance to apartheid. But his opposition to racism began many years before. Born in the rural Transkei on 18 Nelson Mandela (born July 18, 1918, Mvezo, South Africa—died December 5, 2013, Johannesburg) was a Black nationalist and the first Black president of South Africa (1994-99). His negotiations in the early 1990s with South African Pres. F.W. de Klerk helped end the country's apartheid system of racial segregation and ushered in a peaceful |fns| tkp| aep| ndx| tny| evr| cdp| kyl| qpa| gkd| zdz| oaz| fsa| mdl| kip| vgr| gmi| umc| xid| uok| kxv| nic| quy| hbk| cci| ati| gio| bpd| zvg| wpi| lnz| eto| idl| hoc| tfb| osu| naq| rzu| vmd| zfj| wjn| zqa| clm| avl| zxq| vcj| avt| qxh| vyc| mkb|