OPPRESSION STORY 1 - NELSON MANDELA
IN 1962, NELSON MANDELA WAS JAILED FOR LEAVING THE COUNTRY WITHOUT PERMISSION. FOUND GUILTY, HE WAS SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR 5 YEARS. MANDELA HAD TO SURVIVE UNDER THE GRUELLING CONDITIONS HE WAS PUT UNDER WHEN HE WAS IN JAIL. HE WAS EVENTUALLY FREED IN 1990 AFTER MANDELA MET WITH F.W. DE KLERK. WHEN HE WAS FREED, HE STRIVED LEGALIZE FOR THE BLACK PEOPLE IN SOUTH AFRICA TO HAVE RIGHTS. MANDELA SAW NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AS THE PRIMARY TASK OF HIS PRESIDENCY. MANDELA WORKED TO REASSURE SOUTH AFRICA'S WHITE POPULATION THAT THEY WERE PROTECTED AND REPRESENTED IN 'RAINBOW NATION'.