NELSON MANDELA: A LIFE IN PICTURES Mr. Alcazaren

South Africa

Apartheid Apartheid allowed for the legal segregation of whites and blacks in South Africa. It prevented blacks from being able to vote, own property wherever they wanted, attend schools where they wanted to, and many other things.

Treason Trial of 1956 Mandela, second from right, as a leader of the African National Congress began working to fight apartheid. He and other activists charged with treason by the South African government walk to their trial, in 1956.

Wedding Day Mandela and his second wife, Winnie Madikizela, on their wedding day, in Pondoland, South Africa, June, 1958.

Treason Trial Mandela, then a defense lawyer, outside the Drill Hall during the Treason Trial, the first major trial for treason in Johannesburg, South Africa, 1961.

Imprisonment on Robben Island Mandela’s former cell, in Section B in the political prisoners’ area on Robben Island, off Cape Town. He spent 27 years of his life in jail for his efforts to end apartheid in his country.

1976 Black demonstrators cower from a police dog at Gugulethu township, near Cape Town, on August 12, They were protesting apartheid, or legal segregation/separation of races. Apartheid allowed racist programs to control the people of South Africa.

Protests of1976 Black students rally in the Soweto township after the funeral of Dumisani Mbatha, a sixteen-year-old student who died in jail after being arrested at a protest march, in 1976.

1990 Nelson and Winnie Mandela at the Johannesburg airport after he was freed from prison. At one time during his imprisonment, he could either write/receive a letter every six months. May, 1990.

1990 Jubilant A.N.C. supporters gathered at Jabulani Stadium, in Soweto, South Africa, to celebrate the release of Mandela, on February 11, 1990.

1990 Mandela is wired for a television interview with the CBS anchorman Dan Rather, right, in the garden of his home in Soweto, on February 14, 1990, his fourth day of freedom.

1994 Long lines of people voting for the first time outside the polling station in the black township of Soweto, a southwest suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, on April 27, 1994.

1994 Mandela votes for the first time in his life, at Ohlange High School, Inanda, in KwaZulu- Natal, on April 27, 1994.

1993 South African President FW de Klerk and African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela hold up medals and certificates after they were jointly awarded the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize for working to end apartheid in South Africa.

Presidential Election of1994 Mandela joins the A.N.C. choir in a celebratory dance at the Carlton Hotel in Johannesburg after their election victory, in Mandela became S. Africa’s first black president.

Rugby World Cup Win for S. Africa The moment he became President 1994, he wanted to end old prejudices. The Springboks (Rugby team name) were dear to the hearts of South Africa's white Afrikaners and hated by the nation's black majority. By donning their emblem, Mandela reconciled a nation fractured and badly damaged by racism and hatred. With their World Cup win in 1995, Mandela’s support of the team the team’s hard work helped bridge the divide between whites and blacks in the country.

FIFA World Cup 2010 Mandela helped South Africa earn the honor of hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2010.