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Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela was born on July, 18, 1918 in the land Madiba clan in Mvezo, Transkei -
Time in Prison
Nelson Mandela was sentenced to prison for encouraging black South Africans to go on strike and for illegally leaving South Africa. He battled South African apartheid and planned to overthrow the government by non-violent protests. In 1952 the South African government arrested and tried Mandela and later sentence for 27 years in prison. -
Noble Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize 1993 was awarded to Nelson Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk "for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa" -
Fisrt Blalock President
Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South America. -
Nelson Mandela International Day
In 2009, the United Nations declared on July 18, would be a worldwide day of community service known as Nelson Mandela International Day.