Nelson Mandela

From the 1940s to the 1990s, Nelson Mandela led a movement to gain rights for black South Africans. The white South African government tried to stop him by putting him in jail. After 27 years, he was freed, and black South Africans won the right to vote in their own country. They elected Mandela to be the first black president of South Africa. Learn about this amazing person in this book.