Nelson Mandela
Born in 1918, NELSON MANDELA joined the African National Congress in 1944. Together with Walter Sisulu, and others, he helped form the ANC Youth League and was elected its general secretary. In 1952 Mandela was arrested. That same year he was elected ANC deputy national president. In 1956 Mandela and 155 others were arrested on charges of high treason; after five years the defendants were acquitted. Mandela continued his anti-apartheid activities after the ANC’s banning in 1960 and was forced...
