Nelson Mandela
Achievements:
1944 - helped found the ANC Youth League
1952 - Opened the first Black low firm in South Africa
1994 - inaugurated as the first democratically elected state president of South Africa
1999 Became president
1993 Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Turning Points:
1962 - Arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in notorious Robben Island prison
1944 - helped found the ANC Youth League
1952 - Opened the first Black low firm in South Africa
1994 - inaugurated as the first democratically elected state president of South Africa
1999 Became president
1993 Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Turning Points:
1962 - Arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in notorious Robben Island prison