BRITANNICA BEGINNER BIOS NELSON MANDELA NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNING CHAMPION FOR HOPE AND HARMONY TRACEY BAPTISTE Britannica Educational Publishing Y IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROSEN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
NELSON MANDELA NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNING CHAMPION FOR HOPE AND HARMONY CHAPTER ONE 4 WHO WAS NELSON MANDELA Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa He was a great leader Many people admired him for his forgiveness and courage Nelson Mandela is pictured here in 1990 shortly after being released from prison
5 WHO WAS NELSON MANDELA Setting an Example For many years black people in South Africa were not treated fairly Most of the people in the country were black but white people controlled the govern ment The government made laws that said where blacks could live and work Blacks were not allowed to own land or to travel freely The laws were part of a system called apartheid The government used apartheid to keep people of different races separated This whites-only sign was displayed at a beach in South Africa
