Nelson Mandela who was a black civil human rights activist practiced what he preach. He devoted all his life to fight for black people. He fought against apartheid policy which is discriminate blacks. Because he engaged in armed struggle and his opposition , he served 27 years in prison. After he came out at the prison, he rewarded Nobel peace prize and became president of South Africa.
His preach is coincided that everything he did in his life. According to his preach "I am prepared to die", he said "During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die". He suffered from long time but did not give up to fight for blacks right. This endless struggle affected his followers to have a motivation about black human rights activistion. Because of his effort, South Africa's black people's circumstance is changed to postive way. They have more right than before Nelson Mandela struggled for blacks.
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