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Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black
president, died on Decembr5, 2013 at 95.
Mandela was born on July 18, 1918. He grew
up in a poor village in South Africa. At school, Mandela learned about African
history and the fight against racism(种族歧视).He wanted to help his countrymen. Later Mandela studied law at a
university. He also joined a group that fought against apartheid(种族隔离).At that time, in South
Africa, blacks were not allowed to use the same public toilets or chairs as
whites, and they couldn't travel on the same buses as whites, either. Mandela
hated this and he traveled all over South Africa and fought to end apartheid.
As a result, he was put into prison(监狱) and stayed about 27 years there.
On February 10, 1990, South African
President F.W. de Klerk released(释放)Mandela from prison, and the two worked together to end apartheid.
Three years later, they won the Nobel Peace Prize,
In1994, Mandela became President of South
Africa. One year later, he created the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund, a
charity that helps poor South African children." Children are the future
of our country," he said in an interview in2002. "They must be given
love."
Mandela served as President until 1999. He
worked to improve housing and education for the country's large black
population.
