Unit5NelsonMandela—amodernheroNelsonMandelawasborninTranskei,SouthAfricaonJuly18,1918
HewaseducatedatUniversityofFortHareandtheUniversityofWitwatersrandandqualifiedinlawin1942
HejoinedtheAfricanNationalCongressin1944
InJune1961,theANCconsideredhisproposalontheuseofviolentactionsandagreedthatthosememberswhowishedtoinvolvethemselvesinMandela'scampaignwouldnotbestoppedfromdoingsobytheANC
Mandelawasarrestedin1962andsentencedtofiveyears'imprisonmentwithhardlabour
In1963,Mandelawasbroughttostandtrialforplottingtooverthrowthegovernmentbyviolence
①OnJune12,1964,Mandelawassentencedtolifeimprisonment
From1964to1982,hewaskeptatRobbenIslandPrison,offCapeTown
Duringhisyearsinprison,NelsonMandela'sreputationgrewsteadily
HewaswidelyacceptedasthemostimportantblackleaderinSouthAfrica
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