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Born
Nelson Mandela was born in a South African village -
African National Congress
Nelson Mandela joined the ANC, a political party that wished to give equal rights and freedom to entire country -
Apartheid
The ANC instituted Apartheid, a legal system of racial segregation where Mandela started his non-violent campaigning against it -
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Apartheid
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Arrest
Mandela was arrested for a strike he had organized the previous year, and later he was sentenced to five years in prison, but he ended up spending his next 27 years in jail. -
No prison
Mandela was finally released at the age of 72 by the country’s new president -
End of Apartheid
The Population Registration Act was repealed -
Nobel Peace Prize
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President
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1 democratic elections
All people could vote -
President of South Africa
Nelson Mandela was elected as the first black president of South Africa -
No president
Nelson Mandela stepped down as a president