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Birth
Nelson Mandela is born -
Enrolls in University
Enrolls at the University College of Fort Hare -
Expulsion from University
Mandela is expelled from University College of Fort Hare -
Escapes Arranged Marriage
Manages to get out of an arranged marriage and becomes a security officer for a mine -
ANCYL
Co-founds the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) -
President of the ANCYL
Voted President of the ANCYL -
South Africa's First Black Law Firm
Opens South Africa’s first black law firm with Oliver Tambo -
Imprisonment
Sentenced to nine months imprisonment with hard labour -
Start of Defiance Campaign
Defiance Campaign starts and he gets arrested and charged for violating the "Suppression of Communism Act" -
"M-Plan'
Creates "the M-Plan" for the African National Congress' future underground operations -
Freedom Charter
Congress of the People at Kliptown adopts the Freedom Charter -
Mandela Arrested
Mandela is arrested and later acquitted by 29 March 1961 -
Sharpeville Massacre
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ANC Banned
ANC is banned -
Military Training and ANC
Exits the South Africa for military training and to collect support for the ANC -
Becomes President
Elected President of South Africa -
Nelson Mandela Children's Fund
Founds the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund -
Mandela Rhodes Foundation
The Mandela Rhodes Foundation is created -
Death
