Turning points
- helped found the ANC Youth League
- Life at the prison was tough and uncompromising
- recently lost his eldest son to this disease and Mandela has worked hard to campaign on this issue
- his father died
- resign from the ANC and work underground
- became increasingly aware of the unjust nature of South African Society
- 1960 Sharpeville massacre of 63 black South Africans
- 1962 Mandela had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison
Achievement
- has received many prestigious awards
- was awarded the Nobel peace prize
- finished his degree and qualified as a Lawyer
- became increasingly aware of the unjust nature of South African Society
- opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa
- Conducting their own defence they eventually proved to be victorious
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