ghandi and nelson mandela
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Mahatma Ghandi
& Ne lson Mande la
: By Samantha Bake r 8 , 2010Augus t
Ghandi
• , -Ghandi practice d satyag raha total non viole nce
He be lie ved that mass c ivil disobedie nce was
the be s t way to g e t the voice of the pe ople
he ard
• He was assass inate d jus t a few short months
afte r India be came a dominion
Ne lson Mande la
• Ne lson Mande la was involved in
many of the s te ps toward ending
the aparthe id South Africa was
suffe ring from
He was influenced by Ghandi but
came to a point whe re he be lie ved
viole nce was ne ce s sary to move
forward
• , Afte r be ing re le ased from prison
Ne lson partic ipate d in the final
- negotiations to have a multi rac ial
e le c tion
Mande la was e le c ted pre s ident
to s e rve as the countrie s firs t
black pre s ident
Mande la in Prison
• Ne lson Mande la se rve d a total of
27 ye ars in prison
18 of those we re se rve d on
Robben Is land whe re he
pe rformed hard labor
• Black prisone rs be ing he ld for
political re asons we re g iven the
fewe s t privile g e s
• - , He was a D lis t prisone r the
, lowe s t ranking so he was allowed
only one le tte r and one vis itor in
6 e ach month pe riod
• He re ce ive d his Bache lor of Laws
from the Unive rs ity of London
while in prison by corre spondence
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