Nelson Mandela Biography
Timeline
1918 born at Qunu
1944 found ANC Youth League
1949 ANC action adopted
1952 defiance campaign
1952 first black law firm in SA
late 50s pressure from government
Mandela resigned from ANC & worked underground
1956 trial Mandela & others with treason
1960 whole political climate changed
1962 Mandela arrested & sentenced
1990 Mandela released
1993 awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1994 Mandela elected SA president
1999 presidency completed
Achievement
- Changed apartheid
- Reconciliation between White & Black
- Nobel Peace Prize
Turning points
- Go to University
- form ANC
- arrested
- released
- became president
- presidency completed
- eldest son died of HIV
- Nobel Peace Prize
