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    Nelson Mandela was a South African civil rights leader who fought against apartheid and served 27 years in prison for his protests. He became a symbol of the anti-apartheid movement and later served as President of South Africa, the first Black South African to hold that office. As a young leader in the African National Congress, he initially advocated for non-violent protest but later took up arms against the South African government, which classified him as a terrorist. Imprisoned for over two decades, he was released internationally in 1990 and continued campaigning until all South Africans gained the right to vote in 1994, when he won the election and became president, helping prevent violence and civil war.

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    Nelson Mandela was a South African civil rights leader who fought against apartheid and served 27 years in prison for his protests. He became a symbol of the anti-apartheid movement and later served as President of South Africa, the first Black South African to hold that office. As a young leader in the African National Congress, he initially advocated for non-violent protest but later took up arms against the South African government, which classified him as a terrorist. Imprisoned for over two decades, he was released internationally in 1990 and continued campaigning until all South Africans gained the right to vote in 1994, when he won the election and became president, helping prevent violence and civil war.

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    Nelson Mandela was a South African civil rights leader who fought against apartheid and served 27 years in prison for his protests. He became a symbol of the anti-apartheid movement and later served as President of South Africa, the first Black South African to hold that office. As a young leader in the African National Congress, he initially advocated for non-violent protest but later took up arms against the South African government, which classified him as a terrorist. Imprisoned for over two decades, he was released internationally in 1990 and continued campaigning until all South Africans gained the right to vote in 1994, when he won the election and became president, helping prevent violence and civil war.

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    Nelson Mandela

    Introduction
    Occupation: President of South Africa and Activist
    Born: July 18, 1918 in South Africa
    Died: December 5, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa
    Best known for: Serving 27 years in prison as a protest against

    apartheid

    Biography:
    Nelson Mandela was a civil rights leader in South Africa. He fought
    against apartheid, a system where non-white citizens were segregated
    from whites and did not have equal rights. He served a good portion of
    his life in prison for his protests, but became a symbol for his people.
    Later he would become president of South Africa.

    What did Nelson Mandela do?


    Nelson Mandela became a leader in the African National Congress (ANC).
    At first he pushed hard for the congress and the protesters to follow
    Mohandas Gandhi's non-violence approach. At one point he started to
    doubt that this approach would work and started up an armed branch of
    the ANC. He planned to bomb certain buildings, but only the buildings.
    He wanted to make sure than no one would be hurt. He was classified as
    a terrorist by the South African government and sent to prison.
    Mandela would spend the next 27 years in prison. His prison sentence
    brought international visibility to the anti-apartheid movement. He was
    finally released through international pressure in 1990.
    Once released from prison, Nelson continued his campaign to end
    apartheid. His hard work and life long effort paid off when all races were
    allowed to vote in the 1994 election. Nelson Mandela won the election

    Marcela Nicole Villegas Espinales

    and became president of South Africa. There were several times during
    the process where violence threatened to break out. Nelson was a strong
    force in keeping the calm and preventing a major civil war.

    Marcela Nicole Villegas Espinales

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