https://padlet.com/erijohnson/rtri04v6it7 Nelson Mandela and his fight for racial justice. en-us 2016-11-17 21:48:30 UTC 2016-11-18 16:07:05 UTC hello@padlet.com erijohnson https://padlet.com/erijohnson/rtri04v6it7/wish/138575692 Nelson Mandela was born in Transkei Africa on July 18, 1918. He was the son of a tribe leader.nelson unlike his father got a full education at the University of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand and qualified for a law degree in 1942.]]> 2016-11-17 21:53:51 UTC https://padlet.com/erijohnson/rtri04v6it7/wish/138575692 erijohnson https://padlet.com/erijohnson/rtri04v6it7/wish/138578338 At University Nelson became aware of the racial inequality of African American people. He then joined the ANC fight against "apartheid".]]> 2016-11-17 22:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/erijohnson/rtri04v6it7/wish/138578338 erijohnson https://padlet.com/erijohnson/rtri04v6it7/wish/138578801 In 1956 he and many more in ANC were arrested for treason. In 1961 they had been "aquitted". The ANC was now banned and Nelson suggested active armed resistance to the apartheid regime. That led to the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe. That would act as a guerilla resistance movement]]> 2016-11-17 22:15:15 UTC https://padlet.com/erijohnson/rtri04v6it7/wish/138578801 erijohnson https://padlet.com/erijohnson/rtri04v6it7/wish/138600612 In 1963 Nelson was arrested again and he was put on trial for treason. This time he was convicted for plotting to overthrow the government.]]> 2016-11-18 02:05:12 UTC https://padlet.com/erijohnson/rtri04v6it7/wish/138600612 erijohnson https://padlet.com/erijohnson/rtri04v6it7/wish/138601171 We believe that South Africa belongs to all the people who live in it, and not to one group, be it black or white. We did not want an interracial war, and tried to avoid it to the last minute.
– Nelson Mandela, Supreme court of South Africa, Pretoria, April 20 1964]]> 2016-11-18 02:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/erijohnson/rtri04v6it7/wish/138601171 erijohnson https://padlet.com/erijohnson/rtri04v6it7/wish/138601216 Facts from biographyonline.net]]> 2016-11-18 02:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/erijohnson/rtri04v6it7/wish/138601216 erijohnson https://padlet.com/erijohnson/rtri04v6it7/wish/138601294 By: Erik Johnson]]> 2016-11-18 02:12:32 UTC https://padlet.com/erijohnson/rtri04v6it7/wish/138601294 erijohnson https://padlet.com/erijohnson/rtri04v6it7/wish/138602271 Through all these hard obstacles Nelson Mandela still fought for African Americans equality.]]> 2016-11-18 02:22:53 UTC https://padlet.com/erijohnson/rtri04v6it7/wish/138602271