Who was Nelson Mandela and how did his life experience help to end Apartheid?

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Research Question: Who was Nelson Mandela and how did his life experience help to end Apartheid?

Thesis: Nelson Mandela’s life experience was important in brining about the end of Apartheid because of his educated youth, his work against the governments oppression, and his imprisonment and  presidency that followed.

• Topic Sentence #1: Nelson Mandela was educated during and effected by Apartheid because he was adopted by a wealthy chief, he was expelled from a major university and finished an education in law.
• Topic Sentence #2: Nelson Mandela worked against Apartheid when he worked with the A.N.C. (African National Congress), when he founded Umkhonto, and up until he was arrested.

• Topic Sentence #3: Nelson Mandela’s imprisonment and then his presidency became a symbol first when he was in jail, then when he showed his strength upon his release, and then when he proved himself as a leader during his work in politics.
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