Nelson Mandela

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A towering figure throughout his entire life and career- even while imprisoned - Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) was a South African civil rights activist and political revolutionary who, upon his release from jail, served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1991 to 1997 and then as the first black President of South Africa following the collapse of apartheid. Years before, however, in the late 1950's Mandela helped co-found the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe movement which led a sabotage campaign against the all-white government of South Africa. For his involvement with Umkhonto, Mandela was arrested and tried for conspiracy. Contained in this volume is Mandela's statement to the court prior to his sentencing, slightly abridged for this presentation. When the speech concluded, Mandela would be sentenced to life imprisonment and would be incarcerated for the next twenty-seven years.

Nelson Mandela Books

History's Greatest Speeches

Nelson Mandela

History's Greatest Speeches - Volume IV

Benjamin Franklin

Prison Letters

Nelson Mandela

The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

In His Own Words

Kofi Annan

Dare Not Linger

Nelson Mandela

The State vs. Nelson Mandela

Joel Joffe

Mandela

Nelson Mandela

Men Pray

Editors at SkyLight Paths Publishing

Notes to the Future

Nelson Mandela

Conversations with Myself

Nelson Mandela

Mandela's Way

Richard Stengel

Long Walk to Freedom

Nelson Mandela