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Mandela became a lawyer and helped the people he worked with the unfair discrimination laws of his country (South Africa).

As he was a lawer he was also part of the National Executive Committee of the ANC. While being part of this, the ANC set a probation on Mandela and the leaders of other areas of South Africa. With this probation,  Mandela and the other leaders were not allowed to go to any meetings, speeches, nor conferences. They could not set up any rallys or anything of a sort. Could only talk to one person at a time, and could not leave the area.They were really restricted from doing pretty much anything.

Once the probation ended, Mandela attended a rally and spoke at it. While there he was saying to "violence is our weapon" and pointed to the officers that were makeing sure the rally was safe and said that they (the africans)  will use their weapons to protect themselves and turned the people of the rally against the officers.

A while after, Mandela is taken from his house and brought to the police station and accussed of treason along with almost all the other leaders

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Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in South Africa.
Mandela's family was supposed to be chief and leaders of their tribe, but he lost his title, so they had to move to a smaller village (Qunu)  where there was no roads and only foot paths that had different livestock pastures. Families lived in huts.
Mandela was also baptized at a Methodist Church.
He was the first in his family to go to school and one of the teachers gave him his name Nelson. This is Qunu today, the village Mandela grew up in. In the picture, the people are still living in huts, obviously the technology has advanced from 1918,  but as you can see, some people are still living in huts right by their livestock.

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Although he did go to school, he learned many things from his father, who was a tribal councilor, which helped him in his leadership skills later on in life. When his father died, his guardian enrolled him in Clarkebury Boarding School. The traditional path would let him complete school in three years, but he finished in only two. Later, he went to Fort Hare University, which was the usual college for Thembu royalty. There, he joined the student council, but later had to leave the school due to a boycott he was involved in. Mandela went to the University of South Africa and earned his Bachelor of Arts studies. Then, he studied law at the University of Witswatersand, where he became involved in the African National Congress. He was later arrested for conspiring to overthrow the state and he continued his education in prison, where he also educated fellow inmates and staff.

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Mandela was a lawyer and he opened up his first law to help fight against the unfair discrimination laws.

In 1960 Mandela was one of many anti-apartheid protestors when the police came and killed 69 people, after this the state's government declared South Africa a state of emergency. The ANC was shot down, and many members, including Mandela were arrested.

Once the ANC was banned they weren't allowed to speak publically or protest anything about apartheid; Mandela did speak and during one of his speeches, he pointed to white guards that were protecting the speech and said that they are the enemy. He said that we need to fight back because violence is the only way to get our point across. The next night when he was sleeping the police came and had a warrant for his arrest. He was accused for treason and sentenced for life in prison. During the time he was in prison apartheid was abolished, and they let him out with 27 years in prison.

He became president when released.

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Mandela joined the African National Congress (ANC) which campaigned for equality in South Africa. He also help founded the ANC youth League.
Nelson Mandela participated in the eradication of apartheid and also became the first black president of South Africa, forming a multi-ethnic government to oversee the country's transition out of apartheid. Mandela presided over the enactment of a new South African constitution, which established a strong central government based on majority rule and prohibited discrimination against minorities, including whites.

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As president, Mandela established the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (set up by the Government of National Unity to help deal with what happened under apartheid) to investigate human rights and political violations committed by both supporters and opponents of apartheid between 1960 and 1994. He also introduced numerous social and economic programs designed to improve the living standards of South Africa’s black population.

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Nelson Mandela was a leader of both peaceful protests and armed resistance against the white minority's oppressive regime in a racially divided South Africa; these actions were followed by his incarceration and made him the face of the anti-apartheid movement both within his own country and internationally.

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Mandela was surprisingly very communist.
He became communist by being told the "sandwich story" on how everything should be shared.
He has always denied being communist when accused, but when his book came out, it was proven that he lied as in the book he mentions how he agrees with everything the communists thought

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Mandela was a firm believer in fighting for a better mankind where apartheid is eradicated. He armed his nation to fight for their rights and their freedom, as well as telling them that they can do something about the oppression. He held many speeches, preaching to the people with his encouraging words. He was a charismatic leader with great communication skills. He inspired the people to fight for what they need.