Nelson Mandela

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1964 at the famous Rivonia Trial. During his twenty-seven years in
prison, Nelson Mandela became a symbol of resistance to the white-dominated
country of South Africa throughout the world. After complex negotiation,
Mandela was finally released from prison by President F.W. deKlerk in February,
1990, after lifting the long ban on the ANC.
Mandela's release from prison marked the beginning of the end of
apartheid in South Africa when he once again became the head of the ANC. He
began the process to from a new constitution in South Africa which would allow
political power to the black majority. Finally in 1991 the South African
government repealed the laws that had upheld apartheid. In May, 1994 Nelson
Mandela became South Africa's first black president after the country's first
multiracial elections were held. His goal was to provide for economic and
social growth for the black majority that had been oppressed for so long by the
system of apartheid.
Nelson ...

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