Nelson Mandela

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Nelson Mandela,Mandela formed,the African National Congress,in 1944 and,was engaged in(,忙于，致力于,),resistance(,抵抗,),against the,ruling National Partys(,执政党,),apartheid(,种族隔离,),policies after 1948. He,was put in prison,in 1956-1961 and was,acquitted(,无罪释放,),in 1961. In 1962 he,was,sentenced to,five years hard labor for,encouraging,violence against anti-black laws. In 1964 he was sentenced to prison for life on,Robben,Island for being one of the ANC leaders.,In 1990 he,was released from,prison. During his years in prison, Nelson Mandelas,reputation(,声誉,),grew steadily.,After,his release,from prison, he,plunge,d,(,使,投入,),himself,wholeheartedly(,全心全意地,),into,his lifes work,striving(,努力，奋斗,),to,attain(,实现,),the goals he and others had,set out(,规划,),almost four,decades,earlier. In 1993, he won the Nobel Peace Prize.,Nelson Mandela,served as,the President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the first black president of South Africa. He is a,universal,symbol of social justice.,