Nelson Mandela and Apartheid

Apartheid was a policy, which occurred during the year 1948 to 1991. Apartheid means that when people are being discriminated based on their skin color. This was one of the major problem because most of the people had the same jobs however people used to get paid differently because of the color of their skin. However there was one man who was there to fight the right and independence, he was called Nelson Mandela. The reason he was considered a hero was because he was fighting for freedom and to keep peace in. However the people thought that he might start a revolution so before he does they sentenced him to life in prison. After 27 of imprisonment he was freed. Nelson Mendela was given a Nobel Prize and soon he was elected for President of South Africa.