Nelson Mandela

Life Events

• Nelson Mandela was born July 18, 1918in Transkei
• In 1944 he married Evelyn Mase
• He attended University College of Fort Hare and University of Witwatersrand
• He finished his BA at The University of South Africa
• He created the first black law firm in South Africa in 1952

Politics

• In 1943 he joined the African National Congress (ANC)
• In 1944 he formed the ANC Youth League
• As he moved up through the ANC he actively took part in the struggle agains apartheid
• In 1956 Mandela along with many others was arrested and charged with treason creating the Treason Trial

Young Mandela

Rivonia Trial

• In 1963 Mandela was arrested for leaving the country without a permit
• Also in 1963 he and others were put on trial for sabbotage
• In 1964 he and 7 others faced the death penatly bubt were sentenced life in prison
• He was released from prison in 1990

Prison

Freedom

• In 1991 he was elected ANC President
• In 1993 he and President FW de Klerk were seleceted for the Nobel Peace Prize
• He voted for the first time in 1994
• In 1994 he was South Africa's first democratically elected President

Presidency

• He created the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund
• The Nelson Mandela Foundation
• The Mandela Rhodes Foundation
• In 1999 he stepped down as president keeping true to his promise he would do one term

Quotes

• “It always seems impossible until it's done.”
• “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
• “As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.”

A Long Walk to Freedom