Nelson Mandela
(1918-2013)

Apartheid
(1948-1994)

Institutionalised racial segregation

White supremacy

March 21, 1960
Sharpeville massacre

December 5, 2013
Died, age 95

May 10, 1994
Elected President of South Africa

1993
Nobel peace prize

Helped end apartheid

February 11, 1990
Freed

2004
Retired from public life
BUT
Worked on global issues

Climate change

HIV

Human Rights

Born on July 18, 1918
in South African Cape province

1942
Joined the ANCYL

1960
Sentenced to life in prison, Robben island