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He co-founds the ANC Youth League.
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Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo open South Africa’s first black law practice.
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Nelson Mandela and seven others are convicted and sentenced to life in prison. He is se
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South Africa’s president, P. W. Botha, oers to free Nelson Mandela if he renounces violence. Mandela refuses, saying the government must first dismantle apartheid.
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He and F.W. de Klerk are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Nelson Mandela is elected as president of South Africa in the country’s first democratic election
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He steps down as president after serving one term.
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Nelson Mandela dies aged 95