“Shaker of trees” or “Troublemaker” July 18, 1918 to December 5, 2013 Birth Name - Rolihlahla - He was later referred to as “Madiba”, the name of his native clan Western School Teacher renamed him “Nelson” Attended the University College of Fort Hare 1939 - Mandela “Ran away” and fled for Johannesburg
1941 - “Introduced to Apartheid”
Mandela Joins the African National Congress Goals of the ANC - To create a free, democratic and multi-racial South Africa 1943- Mandela joined the ANC and worked with friends Oliver Tambo and Walter Sisulu Civil Disobedience campaigns were the approach, but then the Sharpeville Massacre occurred in 1960
Sharpeville Massacre - 1960 Black township where protesters gathered demanding abolishment of the Pass Laws which had come to symbolize Apartheid 69 People were killed Debate about the crowd??? “New” Mandela emerges
Umkhonto We Sizwe - The Spear of the Nation Paramilitary wing of the ANC co-founded by Mandela after Sharpeville Classified as a “Terrorist Organization” 1964 - Rivonia Trial - Sentenced to Life in Prison
“I am Prepared to Die”... I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to see realised. But if it needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die. — Mandela's Rivonia Trial Speech, 1964
Prisoner 466/64… The Prison Legacy Sent to Robben Island Treatment and Impact??? 1975 - Class A Prisoner 1962-90 Began to work with Archbishop Desmond Tutu 1989 - Coordinated with F.W. de Klerk
1994 Election
Humanitarian Work... AIDS Education Poverty Injustice Hunger More than 50 charities