Nelson Mandela – ShortBiography

                                             

                             Nelson Mandela 

 Achievement

• Mandela was able to finish his degree and qualified as a Lawyer.
• In 1952 Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa
• Mandela was able to finish his degree and qualified as a Lawyer. 
• In 1952 Mandela and Tambo opened the first Black Law firm in South Africa
•  On 10 May 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State President of South Africa 
• In 1993 Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
  

Turning point

•  Nelson  Mandela became increasingly aware of the unjust nature of South African Society.
• Mandela became involved in politics.
• Mandela had to resign from the ANC and work underground
• In 1962 Mandela had been arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in the notorious Robben Island prison.
•  Mandela’s release in 1990

Turning Points and Achievements - Bill Ferguson

                                        Bill Ferguson

Achievement:

• Ferguson was vice-president of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Aborigines' League
•  demands for democratic rights, the government in 1943 had two Aboriginal representatives elected to the board
•  he became shed organizer for the Australian Workers' Union

Turning points:

• On 18 February 1911 at Narrandera Presbyterian Church he married Margaret Mathieson Gowans
• The family settled in 1916 at Gulargambone, where Ferguson re-formed the local branch 
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•  From 1928 he took labouring jobs, speaking in his union on reform of government relief work.
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