Rolihlahla Mandela was born into the Madiba clan in 1918 in Transkei, South Africa; was given the Christian name Nelson by his white teachers; became a student activist against the country’s apartheid laws that segregated people by color and oppressed blacks; co-established the country’s first black law firm; planned a national strike; was tried for treason in 1964 and sentenced to life imprisonment; was released in 1990 after ten-year “Free Mandela” campaign supported by U.N
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