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Nelson Mandela’s activism within the South African political system against apartheid from the beginning and thus was a key to ending apartheid. When apartheid was introduced in 1948, Mandela was part of a group called the African National Congress Youth Leag
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"At the beginning of June 1961, after long and anxious assessment of the South African situation, I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic for African leaders to continue preaching peace and non-violence at a time when the government met our peaceful demands with force. From this position, Mandela had some of his most historic and influential moments. Even small comments like "make every home, every shack or rickety structure a centre of learning. Mandela’s orations were powerful enough to touch the hearts of millions of South Africans searching for justice. Eventually Mandela was elected to join the ANC where he could make a real political difference. Nelson Mandela sacrificed his life and family for his people and to this day he remains South Africa’s most famous and beloved hero. This sort of activism throughout Mandela’s life was the cause for his popularity throughout his country and the world. Throughout all of these events and changes, there was one constant and this was the threats and attempts of the government to imprison the members of the ANC and ANCYL. He never once gave up believing that his country would some day be free of the oppression he was forced to live through. During his trials Mandela was once quoted as saying “I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man. Mandela’s strength as a man deep in his beliefs was broadcast on a national stage as well as his will power.
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