How Did Nelson Mandela End Apartheid?

Nelson Mandela was born on July 18th, 1918. His father was apart of the Tembu Tribe. Mandela studied at the University college of Fort Hare and University of Witwatersrand and qualified in law in 1942. He was very successful and educated. Nelson Mandela is one of the world 's most significant statesmen, who led the struggle to get back apartheid of South Africa with a multi-racial democracy (mostly Africans). Nelson Mandela should be inducted into the hall of fame because he ended apartheid, led the African National Congress, and became the first Black President of South Africa.
Nelson Mandela put his own life in risk or other Africans and went to jail to help end Apartheid. Apartheid is a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race. Apartheid began to fall in the 1980s. There were about two million unemployed blacks, black resistance, and an economy falling because of international laws. These laws convinced many South Africans that they had to make a change. In 1990 Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 28 years. Mandela worked with De Klerk to make a
Nelson Mandela would never give up anything for his position to keep his freedom. Nelson Mandela was released from jail on February 11, 1990. Right after he got out he went straight to maintain his goals he had set out for before he was in jail. In 1994, at the first national conference of the ANC in South Africa after the ANC has been banned he was elected President of the ANC. He became president in 1994 with the majority of the votes and he served until 1999. While he was president he won the peace prize because of his bravery to stand up for racism and how he stood by his faith no matter what happened and he stopped his people from becoming slaves and not being equal he was always fighting for a good cause to help African Americans out. "Award Ceremony Speech." The Nobel Peace Prize 1993. Web. 30 Apr. 2012.