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South Africa was Racially divided since colonial rule by British and Dutch. Small white minority ruled a lardge black majority. T o dominate black population Written law that blacks were inferior. P ublic places restricted to whites only (parks, beaches, bathrooms) Separate & unequal education . Black population accounts 75% of the South Africa's entire population. The Whites who account for about 13% of the population. Blacks had to deal with this sort of treatment every day.

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In 1931 it became an independent nation of the British Common wealth New constitutional government. in South Africa. In 1948 the National Party came to power and promoted white nationalism. Black South Africans protested white control and formed the African Nation Congress (ANC). Nelson Mandela became a leader in the African National Congress (ANC) . He was classified as a terrorist by the South African government and sent to prison. He spent 27 years in prison. He was finally released through international pressure in 1990..

Over next 18 months he repealed apartheid laws . In 1994 President de Klerk agreed to hold South Africa’s first universal elections, in which people of all were allowed to vote in the 1994 election. Nelson Mandela won the election and became president of South Africa.

Nelson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. July 18th is Nelson Mandela day. People are asked to devote 67 minutes to helping others. The 67 minutes represents the 67 years Mandela spent serving his country. He had six children and twenty grandchildren..