In 1980 ............ introduced a “Free Nelson Mandela” campaign that made the jailed leader a household name and fuelled the growing international outcry against South Africa’s racist regime.

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• In.............., the United Nations declared July 18 “Nelson Mandela International Day” in recognition of the South African leader’s contributions to democracy, freedom, peace and human rights around the world.
• Nelson Mandela was born July 18, 1918 in the royal lineage of the ..............dynasty.
• A member of the African National Congress party beginning in the 1940s, ……………. was a leader of both peaceful protests and armed resistance against the white minority’s oppressive regime in a racially divided South Africa.
• Improving race relations, discouraging blacks from retaliating against the white minority and building a new international image of a united South Africa were central to President ......... agenda.
• …………….. went on to Boston University, to complete his dissertation on the subject, "A Comparison of the Conceptions of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillich and Henry Nelson Wieman."
• While in confinement Mandela earned a bachelor of law degree from the University of .............. and served as a mentor to his fellow prisoners, encouraging them to seek better treatment through nonviolent resistance.
• In ............. Mandela was moved to Polls moor Prison on the mainland.
• On February 11, 1990, ................ ordered Mandela’s release.
• On February 10, .............., after a series of secret talks, F.W. de Klerk, the newly appointed president granted Mandela his freedom.
• Mandela became the first democratically elected president of ................