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Who started it
The National party started racial segregation had long existed in white minority-governed South Africa. -
Nelson Mandela in jail
On 5th August 1962, Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for attempting to overthrow South Africa's apartheid rule. -
Apartheid laws
Despite strong and consistent opposition to apartheid within and outside of South Africa, its laws remained in effect for the better part of 50 years. -
Apartheid
Under the laws that came to be known to the world as apartheid, black people were not allowed to live near white people. -
Nelson Mandela awards
Mandela received more than 260 awards over 40 years, most notably the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. -
President Mandela
Nelson Mandela was the president of South Africa from 1994-1999. -
When it ends
It came to an end in the early 1990s in a series of steps that led to the formation of a democratic government in 1994. -
Nelson Mandela dies
Nelson Mandela died at the age of 95 after suffering from a prolonged respiratory infection.
