Nelson Mandela - Summary

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1918      27      African National Congress      apartheid      born      civil disobedience      climate change      concert      de Klerk      democratically      forgive      human rights      international attention      life in prison      militant      Nobel Peace Prize      nonviolence      overthrow      president      retired      Robben Island      sabotage      Sharpeville      unarmed      Wembley

Nelson Mandela was in South Africa's Cape Province in . In 1942, he joined the Youth League of the (ANC) and fought against , the system that separated black and white people. At first, he directed acts of , but did not work. After the massacre in 1960, when the police killed 69 protesters, he became more .
In 1963, Mandela was sentenced to for and conspiracy to the government. He spent years in prison, most of them on . During his incarceration, he gained . In 1988, famous artists held a huge at Stadium in London for his 70th birthday.
On February 11th, 1990, President released Mandela from prison. In 1993, both men were awarded the for their work in ending apartheid. In 1994, at the age of 77, Mandela became South Africa's first elected . He from public life in 2004, but he continued to work on global issues like , HIV and . He died in 2013, at the age of 95. He taught the world how to .