Life of nelson mandela timeline biography

1918July 18. Nelson Mandela is born in Mvezo, a small village in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.1939Mandela begins attending the University of Fort Hare, but is forced to leave after participating in a student strike.1941Mandela moves to Johannesburg and completes his bachelor’s degree by correspondence.1942Mandela joins the African National Congress (ANC).

1944Mandela helps found the ANC Youth League.1952Mandela becomes a lawyer and opens a law firm with Oliver Tambo.1955Mandela participates in the Congress of the People and helps draft the Freedom Charter, which calls for a non-racial democratic South Africa.1956Mandela and over 150 other activists are arrested and charged with high treason, but are eventually acquitted.1960The ANC is banned by the South African government.1962Mandela is arrested and sentenced to five years in prison for leaving the country without permission and inciting