Nelson Mandela

Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. He was also the first black president of South Africa. Mandela wore may hats to fight for peace.

This was an interesting black leader for me to study because I never knew what he was famous for. I heard his name come up in Rush Hour. Chris Tucker screamed as he was gambling, “This one is for Nelson Mandela!” Who is Nelson Mandela? 

He negotiated the county’s system of racial segregation and changed it to majority rule. Apartheid was the name of the system. It was a political culture which ensured that South Africa was dominated politically, socially, and economically by the nation’s minority, white population.

Mandela helped end this and change into a democratic type government. He done this by traveling the country with a campaign for this. Similar to MLK, he had nonviolent protests to fight the Apartheid system.

After awhile, Mandela started to attract the attention of the authorities. They went as far as to imprison Mandela for treason. This was due to his protests actually gathering momentum against a failed system. 

Mandela was prepared to die for freedom. What you are prepared to do to reach your goals?