Culture1944–2013

Nelson Mandela

27 years in prison for opposing apartheid — then he emerged without bitterness and led South Africa through its most peaceful possible transition. The moral authority of the 20th century.

Origin

Mvezo, South Africa

Genre

ActivismPolitics

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Often Compared To

Malcolm X

Activism / Politics — Omaha, Nebraska · 1952–1965

By Any Means Necessary — the counterpart to MLK's dream, and in many ways its complement. Malcolm X's evolution from street criminal to minister to humanist is one of the great personal transformations.