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Zyviare Melvin12-11-13fifth block In class we catch been learning about the devastation of Nelson Mandela. Apartheid? Have you ever wondered what that means, well if you maintainnt I go away tell you. It means a policy or system of requisition or discrimination on grounds of race. Nelson Mandela was famous for freeing the dismal majority in South Africa. He was a freedom paladin never giving into the oppressors. It was re aloney bad in the 1960s to have apartheid because that meant lots of violence was going on like fighting, it was good to have apartheid because some people just dont like to be with people that they arent comfortable with. Nelson Mandela fought for the freedom of South America he never gave up on doing this because he felt like we should all in all be equal to each other. He did whatever it took to accomplish this finale if his. To me freedom means being equal to e very(prenominal)one that is around you. It means having all the same rights as someone no ma tter what their skin color is or what race they are. Nelson had his own definition of what freedom is that you should be very equal to everyone around you, you should have the same opportunities as everyone around you. A costume that my family shares with nelsons is being an African American, and in like manner the meaning of family. So promptly I ask you what costumes does your family share with Nelson Mandela? The African National Congress is the legitimate ruling party in Parliament of South Africa. Nelson Mandela was apart of this group. In 1993 Nelson Mandela shared the noble peace prize with the president he also had a son who died of aids this was a terrible time for his family. As you all know Nelson Mandela was a immense man, who did amazing things when he was living. the likes of Barak Obama he was the very f... ...y great important person who inspired some people in this generation today. I didnt know who Nelson Mandela was until Ms. Mingo make us do a project on t his and that helped me learn a whole lot about him, and his life and what he did for this country. Nelson was a great person he was not selfish at all because he cared more than about others than he did himself, but when he got sick he didnt want anyone to know because he dint want them to get languish with this information at such a wonderful time.Nelson really make a difference in my life and I wish that I could have met him so that I could know a lot more about him and what all he did in his life. It was pretty rough sustain then because there was a lot of racism going on and that was really terrible because that meant no one got alone with each other. That meant that I wouldnt have most of my friends that I have now.