Why Nelson Mandela Was Important To Civil Rights

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Nelson Mandela was important to civil rights. He was important because he made it so in South Africa the black and white men, women, children, all people were equal. He grew up a child that was in poverty and he was starving. All because he was black, so he did not get the same rights. Nelson Mandela was a major part of rights for African Americans in South Africa. South Africa is now a fair and equal place for black and white people. Nelson Mandela helped the people of South Africa by making it so they were not segregated. The way Nelson did that was he became South Africa's president. He pushed hard for the congress and the protesters to follow Mohandas Gandhi's non-violent approach. At one point he started to doubt that this…show more content…
He died on December 5, 2013. He spent most of his time in south Africa. He stayed 27 years in a prison and he was finally let free. Mandela was on Robben Island for 18 of the 27 years that he was in prison. Nelson Mandela was alive for 95 years. Nelson Mandela was in South Africa for almost all of his life. He was in prison for 27 years so he lost all of that time. Nelson was in plenty of places like Mvezo Transkei, and Robben Island those are just two of the places he went. He was at most of the events about him. Also the ones that were of his topics. Nelson Mandela mostly worked alone. He did that because he was a political leader. So, he did not need much help. As he grew up after his dad died they did not have very much money. His dad's friends helped him as he grew up. He had some people that helped him in the ANC. Oliver Tambo, and Walter Sislu are the people that helped him in the ANC. They all were sent to jail together they all got out of jail at different times. Nelson Mandela affected the life of people in South Africa by their wealth, equality, employment, trade, migration, aid, life expectancies, and living conditions. We have changed

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