... peace creators who are well known in late history. Two of them are Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi. They both were famous leaders, but in different areas. They are from the well-known countries and both are known as honorable men for the changes they ... the ANC, a little gathering of youthful Africans united together, calling themselves the African National Congress Youth League. Becoming actively involved in the anti-apartheid movement in his 20s, Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1942. For 20 years, he directed a campaign of peaceful, non-violent defiance against the...

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... voice out our opinions without being afraid of any consequences, and vote for those who we think will best lead the country towards success. The leaders in our country, such as the Mayors, Premiers, and Prime Minister, are held accountable to the citizens. In Canada we are able to remove ... through legislation by the government. The black people in South Africa were discriminated publicly. The movement was founded in 1959, originally as the Boycott Movement, until 1960 when it was named the Anti-Apartheid Movement. The movement campaigned for an end to Apartheid in South Africa. The blac...

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... ethnic races, that came to a solution of an apartheid. Different organizations were created like the ANC, and PAC, to fight against unfair laws passed, and leaders emerged like Frederik Willem de Klerk and Nelson Mandela. After South Africa's struggle to Democratic ways, a place of harmony and compromise was found. When South ... "South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white." The ANC was famous for their Defiance Campaign which was the mass movement of resistance to apartheid. Some members of the ANC had some differing views and disagreed with the co-operation with white...

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... Convention (BPC) was founded with Biko's help. Also, through his inspiration, the black high school youth of the country were mobilized through the formation of the South African Students" Movement (SASM), a group that played a pivotal role in the 1976 uprisings in Soweto. Another organization Biko founded was the National Association of Youth Organization (NAYO) which catered to the general ... the death of Biko, all hell broke loose in the political world. The press demanded a full inquiry, while opposition leaders in Parliament demanded the prosecution of anyone connected to his deat...

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... similarity. By the mid-twentieth century womens in most Western democracies had been fully enfranchised and the focus of the Feminist Movement started shifting. This shift gathered impetus through the havoc wreaked by the two World Wars. The second Feminist Movement focused on ways in which womens differed from men, but now (for the first time) the differences were seen as positive ... roles in the political and public sphere. Arguably it is the way in which women differ from men which make them ideally suited to leadership and decision-making positions. Female leaders may be more patie...

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... , such as the massacre at Sharpsville. Over time the rules and severity of apartheid increasingly generated more violence. The government passed laws that were more restrictive and harsh, and the movement of the African National Congress (ANC) responded with violence. In 1952, the government passed a law called the Natives Act. It required all blacks to have a reference book when they turned ... the increase of aggression and restrictions the government made the blacks had to react in a certain way, by having a strike. It ended with people dead and injured. Since apartheid began, leaders...

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... change in South Africa. As black resistance grew, the National Party Government took harsh repressive action in the form of violence and new laws. In 1960, the Pan-African Congress leaders organized nationwide peaceful demonstrations against 'pass laws' that restricted individual freedom. A large group of blacks in the town of Sharpeville refused to carry their passes. Their campaign led to ... . Biko was arrested without charge and tortured in prison in 1978 and died shortly after at age 30 while still in prison. Biko's death promised great sorrow within the anitiapartheid movement...

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Challenging established traditions and authorities are characteristics of strong revolutionary leaders. Their efforts have inspired or influenced change and have met with varying degrees of success. Two individuals that have challenged established authorities in their societies are Mohandas Gandhi and Nelson ... . Gandhi believed in the principle of civil disobedience, in which he would disobey unjust British laws without the use of violence. Gandhi used the Indian National Congress to build a mass movement. He also got regular people involved in defying the British government. In the Salt Ma...

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... her father Lionel's life and politics. Rosa grows up in a home under constant surveillance by the South African government for she is a part of a leading communist family in the liberation movement. Her parents are detained for their political beliefs; her father dies in prison and her mother, whose health suffered from her time in jail, eventually dies. As an Afrikaner activist ... oppressed blacks, struggle to find an identity. Although Rosa Burger does not want to emulate her father, the two are very much alike. To different degrees, Rosa and Lionel are leaders and committed to their...

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