2. “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
Mandela “Ran away” and fled for Johannesburg

3. 1941 - “Introduced to Apartheid”

4. 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

5. 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

6. Umkhonto We Sizwe - The Spear of the Nation
Paramilitary wing of the ANC co-founded by Mandela after Sharpeville
Classified as a “Terrorist Organization”
Rivonia Trial - Sentenced to Life in Prison

7. “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

8. Prisoner 466/64… The Prison Legacy
Sent to Robben Island
Treatment and Impact???
Class A Prisoner
Began to work with Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Coordinated with
F.W. de Klerk

9. 1994 Election

10. Humanitarian Work... AIDS Education Poverty Injustice Hunger
More than 50 charities