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Starting to fight apartheid
Stood up against apartheid began his civil rights career non-violently. -
Important events
Pardoned in 1990 by President deKlerk
became ANC president negotiated the end of apartheid 1994- Elected first black president of South Africa
Served one term & retired from politics Wrote biography “Long Walk to Freedom” worked in AIDS awareness
passed away in 2013 -
Apartheid coming to an end
Mandela worked with the government once he was freed from prison and then by working with the government he officially ended apartheid in South Africa.