Defiance Campaign
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The Defiance Campaign against Unjust Laws was presented by the African National Congress at a conference held in Bloemfontein, South Africa, in December 1951. The Campaign had roots in events leading
Nelson Mandela on a 1988 USSR commemorative stamp
Durban Sign 1989
Nelson Mandela
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black
Defiance Campaign
…and began to discuss a possible political strike. In December of that year, leaders in the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), such as Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Oliver Tambo, took power. The African National Congress (ANC) also "adopts the Programme of Action" on 17 December, which advocated…
Mandela in 1994
Mandela in Umtata, 1937
Mandela and Evelyn in July 1944 at Walter and Albertina Sisulu's wedding party in the Bantu Men's Social Centre
Mandela's former home in the Johannesburg township of Soweto