have affected many different peoples and nations. Some did this forcefully‚ and some did this peacefully. One leader who led one of these movements was Nelson Mandela. Another leader who led one of these movements in a similar way was Mahatma Gandhi. Both of these leaders helped bring a great deal of change to their respective nations. Nelson Mandela was born into the Madiba clan in Mvezo‚ South Africa‚ on July 18‚ 1918. His father died
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leaders‚ Nelson Mandela‚ too‚ left behind a legacy.
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drinking from the wrong water fountain; where just because of your skin color‚ you get paid less money than your neighbor who has the same job; where you can’t even walk on the same sidewalk just because of the pigment in your skin. For Nelson Mandela‚ this situation was a reality. This style of living began in 1948 and‚ thanks to Mandela‚ ended in 1994. Problems began when the National Party---dominated by Afrikaans-speaking descendants of the Dutch settlers—came to power in South Africa. Segregation
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President Nelson Mandela Interview about Black Lives Matter Hello President Mandela‚ it is an honer to meet you. Today we are going to discuss the Black Lives Matter movement. You have fought for equality since you were quite young. In the 20th century you were a huge contributor to protests for equality against the apartheid‚ and when you won office‚ you fought for equality even more. Given that you have a lot of background in equal rights‚ i would think you have some opinion on the Black Lives
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In the non-fiction novel A long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park the author focuses on the survival of Salva Dut a boy who”s behavior goes from happy and joyful to scared and timid and then being proud of who he is. The story takes place in Southern Sudan‚ Kenya and Ethiopia but there is a war going on at the time. The government in the north was trying to convert the people in the south to Muslim but they were fighting back. At first Salva was at school when the shooting started happening
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Nelson Mandela is arguably one of the biggest influencers of today’s modern world and is largely considered a freedom fighter. But‚ for decades he was considered a terrorist and a global threat. To consider Mandela a terrorist and not a freedom fighter‚ you have to ignore both the key traits of terrorists and the key traits of freedom fighters. Terrorists turn to violence without reason‚ use strategy that will hurt the most people and is not the most effective‚‚ and fight for ultimate control over
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Jordan McMenamin “Describe the rise to prominence of the personality you have researched” “(nelson Mandela) …. One of the most influential‚ courageous and profound human beings that any of us will ever share time with on this earth.” –Barrack Obama‚ 5th December 2013‚ upon the death of Mandela A freedom fighter‚ anti-apartheid campaigner‚ and a political prisoner‚ Nelson ‘Rolihahla’ Mandela‚ a visionary of racial justice‚ is argued to have gained both his national and international prominence
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examples of not only activist but leaders of civil disobedience are Nelson Mandela and Arik Ascherman. Nelson Mandela was born in the Madiba clan in the village of Mvezo‚ Transkei‚ on 18 July 1918. He was married to Evelyn Mase in 1944. They would go on to have four kids however one his daughters had died in infancy. They had a divorced in 1958. On 10 May 1994 he was inaugurated as South Africa’s first democratically elected President. Mandela went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
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IN U.S. & WORLD HISTORY Task 2 Roberta Gauvin Two of the most significant social and/ political changes that occurred as a result of the actions of one individual was Nelson Mandela. Mandela represented an example of a powerful leader who inspired millions of people around the world. First of all Mandela won the first multi-racial elections in South Africa thus creating a significant change in perception and building of a color blind society in Africa and around the world. Prior to
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contrasting Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk’s nobel peace prize acceptance speeches. They were two men‚ winning the same prize‚ on the same day‚ but both live in two different worlds. F.W. de Klerk missed his opportunity to speak on the reason he won the nobel peace prize‚ Nelson Mandela on the other hand took his opportunity. F.W. de Klerk missed his opportunity to give a speech on why he won the prize‚ he instead went on a rant about the worlds history of war and violence. Nelson Mandela took his
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