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Nelson Mandela

By vanessamclean

  • Birth

    Nelson Mandela is born
  • Enrolls in University

    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

  • 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