In 1962, Nelson Mandela was arrested and charged with inciting workers ... While in prison, Mandela faced new charges alongside eight others, which included sabotage and armed struggle against the ...

He was given the name Nelson by a school teacher ... 1961 – Mandela is acquitted of treason. 1961 – Mandela begins organizing the armed struggle against apartheid, Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear ...

Marwan Barghouti's imprisonment has not silenced his advocacy for Palestinian rights. He has not been bowed by harsh ...

IN South Africa, Nelson Mandela is everywhere. The country’s currency bears his smiling face, at least 32 streets are named for him and nearly two dozen statues in his image watch over a country ...

(CNN)-- Whether talking about his time in prison, his struggle against apartheid, his emergence as a global icon or cracking a joke about his career, Nelson Mandela's words often have a resonance ...

Nelson Mandela was a South African revolutionary political figure and activist. Universally praised for publicly spearheading opposition to apartheid, he became the country's first democratically ...

If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart" Nelson Mandela led the struggle to replace the apartheid regime of South Africa with a multi-racial democracy, and was the country's ...

Discover how Ruud Gullit, a football icon, used his fame to advocate for Nelson Mandela during the Apartheid era, ...

Black women, in particular, have as much claim over the present-day South Africa as anybody else. However, this is not ...

Nelson Mandela, "Long Walk to Freedom" Rolihlahla ... that the decision was made to embark on violent forms of political struggle," he said in court. " ... the government had left us no other ...