Nelson Mandela

1918 - was  born

1944 -  helped found the ANC youth league

1949 - Whose program of action adopted by the ANC

late1950s  - resigned from The ANC

1952 - opened the first Black law firm

1962 - Arrested

1990 - Released

1994 - elected state president
1999 - got prestigious awards
1993 - Awarded Nobel Prize