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    Just about everyone has heard the name Nelson Mandela once in their lifetime before‚ but who exactly is he? Why is he so important? What has he done for me? Well‚ Nelson Mandela is a very important man. His contributions to the world have fought against segregation in his home country‚ Africa‚ and has affected the entire world today and tomorrow‚ too. His heroic journey has made him a true hero of his day‚ and to generations following. Everything that Mandela has done‚ everything that he’s been through

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    person to make a difference. In this case it was Nelson Mandela. A man who became irritated with the way blacks were being treated and took a stand for what he believed in. Nelson Mandela is one of the most courageous human beings in history to make a difference. (Encyclopedia) Nelson Mandela was born on July 18‚ 1918 in Mvezo‚ the Transkei‚ South Africa. In 1920‚ the family moves to Qunu Village and in 1926 he starts elementary school where the name Nelson was given to him by his teacher. In 1927‚ his

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    Nelson Mandela

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    Nelson Mandela fight against apartheid When you talk about racisim‚ discrimination‚ slavery and others‚ you maybe think about blacks. Mandela have been through a lot in his life. Nelson Mandela‚ born 1918 in the city of Transkei‚ was a south african resistance leader who‚ after years of imprisonment for opposing apartheid‚ emerged to become the first black president of South Africa and a winner of the Noble Peace Prize.

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    Nelson MandelaBorn in 1918‚ Mandela is the first black president of South Africa. He is the winner of the Nobel peace prize in 1993 (Encarta Online Encylcopedia). He had a long struggle against racial discrimination in South Africa. He had been subjected to many hard things several times; in 1040 he was expelled from South Africa for participating in a student demonstration. He became the president of the African National Congress in 1951. When the National Party came to power his struggle increased

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    Nelson Mandela

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    In the beginning Nelson Mandela was thought to be somewhat of a pragmatist by some people. I believe that he was a man with a heart and a purpose for all of us to see not just South Africa. Nelson Mandela was born on July 18‚ 1918 in Transkei‚ South Africa. He was the son of Chief Henry Mandela of Tembu Tribe. It was not until Mandela was a young man and went to Johannesburg that he experienced racism the separation between whites in blacks in South Africa this was the very thing that sparked an

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    Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African resistance leader who received a life sentence on Robben Island for opposing apartheid. Nelson Mandela personified struggle throughout his life. He is still leading the fight against apartheid after spending nearly three decades of his life behind bars. He has sacrificed his private life and his youth for his people‚ and remains South Africa ’s best known and loved hero. Nelson Mandela was born in a village near Umtata in the Transkei on July

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    Horatio Nelson

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    Horatio Nelson History 3/1/2013 Index Abstract In this paper‚ you will be reading about Horatio Nelson generally. You will understand why if it wasn’t for the death of Nelson’s mother‚ there wouldn’t have been Lord Nelson‚ a Trafalgar or an ‘immortal memory’. Horatio Nelson Horatio Nelson “was a flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy‚ particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He was noted for his

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    “For Nelson Mandela‚ his personal suffering was not as important as the determination to serve his people” Nelson Mandela the South African leader who struggled successfully to free his people from the oppressive White minority rule is regarded today as one of the greatest leaders of our times. Until very recently Nelson Mandela’s country South Africa was ruled by a White minority (less than 20%) who kept the Black majority in a permanent state of suppression‚ denying them the vote and proper educational

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    Horatio Nelson

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    following to say about Nelson ’s early life: Horatio Nelson was born on 29 September 1758 in a rectory in Burnham Thorpe‚ Norfolk‚ England‚ the sixth of eleven children of the ReverendEdmund Nelson and his wife Catherine. His mother‚ who died on 26 December 1767 when he was nine years old‚ was a grandniece of Robert Walpole‚ 1st Earl of Orford‚ the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain. She lived in the village of Barsham‚ Suffolk‚ and married the Reverend Edmund Nelson at Beccles church‚ Suffolk

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    Was Nelson Mandela heroic leader or villain in disguise? Nelson Mandela has become a symbol for injustice of the apartheid state and a fight for everlasting freedom. This essay will discuss why Nelson Mandela was the most heroic leader of all time.He made history by ending apartheid and making Africa an equal society. He was fearless‚ selfless and determined to make a change for his country and people regardless of the consequences that may occur. All these great attributes are the reasons why

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