Short Biography Nelson Mandela

1918 Nelson Mandela was born

1944 Mandela helped found the ANC Youth League

1952 Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa

1960 the Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South African’s changed the whole political climate

1962 Mandela had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison

1990 Mandela’s release

1993 Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

1994-1999  Nelson Mandela was President until June 1999