Nelson+Mandela+by+Tully

Hi I'm Nelson Mandela and I'm the worlds greatest change maker. I was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918. My father was Chief Henry Mandela of the Tembu Tribe. I was educated at University College of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand and qualified in law in 1942.

I was the first black president of South Africa but most importantly I stoped the aparthied in South Africa which was aparthied was a seperation between black and white people. ﻿ Even though the aparthied had similarities to segregation in the American South, the aparthied was much worse. In addition to not being able to vote and separation from the whites in public businesses, blacks (which made up 70% of the population) were forced to live in a small area of the country, they could not leave without a pass. I joined the African National Congress in 1944 and was engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party's apartheid policies after 1948.After the banning of the ANC in 1960,I argued for the setting up of a military wing within the ANC. In June 1961, the ANC executive considered my proposal on the use of violent tactics and agreed that those members who wished to involve themselves in my campaign would not be stopped from doing so by the ANC.I went on trial for treason in 1956-1961 and was acquitted in 1961.I was arrested in 1962 and sentenced to five years' in prison with hard labour. In 1963, when many fellow leaders of the ANC and the Umkhonto we Sizwe were arrested, Mandela was brought to stand trial with them for plotting to overthrow the government by violence. As I have already I was jailded for 27 years and after that I got involed with politics and became the president of South Africa.

The main reason I would consider myself a risktaker is because I stood up and protested agaist the whites even if I got sent to jail for it. Also the reason I'm caring is because I got put in jail for 27 years just to save all of the black people in South Africa.

If I hadnt done this all the black people of South Africa would still be locked up in a small part of South Africa.
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