https://padlet.com/rebeccalagalante2003/fo48zzka3e6q Realizzato con allegria en-us 2017-04-18 09:23:38 UTC 2017-04-18 13:33:33 UTC hello@padlet.com rebeccalagalante2003 https://padlet.com/rebeccalagalante2003/fo48zzka3e6q/wish/166705276 Rolihlahla Mandela was born in 1918. His family belonged to a tribe in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. ]]> 2017-04-18 09:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccalagalante2003/fo48zzka3e6q/wish/166705276 rebeccalagalante2003 https://padlet.com/rebeccalagalante2003/fo48zzka3e6q/wish/166705589 When he went to school his teachers gave him the English name "Nelson Mandela" and taught him about "the superiority" of the British. ]]> 2017-04-18 09:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccalagalante2003/fo48zzka3e6q/wish/166705589 rebeccalagalante2003 https://padlet.com/rebeccalagalante2003/fo48zzka3e6q/wish/166705876 Years later Mr Mandela became a lawyer. 
Nelson Mandela was vice-president of a political party called "The African National Congress".]]> 2017-04-18 09:28:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccalagalante2003/fo48zzka3e6q/wish/166705876 rebeccalagalante2003 https://padlet.com/rebeccalagalante2003/fo48zzka3e6q/wish/166706093 In 1960 this party became illegal but Nelson Mandela did not stop his activities and he was arrested. He lost the case. In 1964 he was sentenced to life in prison.]]> 2017-04-18 09:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccalagalante2003/fo48zzka3e6q/wish/166706093 rebeccalagalante2003 https://padlet.com/rebeccalagalante2003/fo48zzka3e6q/wish/166706902 On 16th june, 1976 twenty black school children in Soweto were killed by white police during a peaceful demonstration outside their school. Some of the children killed were only twelve years old. ]]> 2017-04-18 09:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccalagalante2003/fo48zzka3e6q/wish/166706902 rebeccalagalante2003 https://padlet.com/rebeccalagalante2003/fo48zzka3e6q/wish/166707200 In 1980 Mr Tambo started an international campaign to free Nelson Mandela and in 1990 the President of South Africa, FW de Klerk, finally lifted the ban on the ANC and freed Nelson Mandela after 27 years in prison. ]]> 2017-04-18 09:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccalagalante2003/fo48zzka3e6q/wish/166707200 rebeccalagalante2003 https://padlet.com/rebeccalagalante2003/fo48zzka3e6q/wish/166708381 The violence continued but Mandela and FW de Klerk continued to meet and discuss and in December 1993, Mr Mandela and Mr de Klerk were both awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.]]> 2017-04-18 09:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccalagalante2003/fo48zzka3e6q/wish/166708381 rebeccalagalante2003 https://padlet.com/rebeccalagalante2003/fo48zzka3e6q/wish/166708625 In May 1994, for the first time in South Africa's history, all races voted in democratic elections and Mr Mandela was elected president.]]> 2017-04-18 09:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccalagalante2003/fo48zzka3e6q/wish/166708625 rebeccalagalante2003 https://padlet.com/rebeccalagalante2003/fo48zzka3e6q/wish/166708904 In 2002, on June 16th, the anniversary of the Soweto Children's Uprising, a memorial and museum was opened near the place the children died. Today, 16th June is "National Youth Day".]]> 2017-04-18 09:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccalagalante2003/fo48zzka3e6q/wish/166708904