A. “No one is born hating another person because of the color of their skin, their background or their religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, because love is more natural to the human heart than its opposite” (Mandela, 1995). Those were the words of a great man─a man who was born on an ordinary July day in South Africa. July 18, 1918 would be the beginning of life for a man who would have a positive impact on human rights for his country and the international community as a whole. Rolihlahla Mandela, known more commonly by his given name Nelson Mandela or his native tribe name Madiba, was born into a poverty-stricken indigenous South African tribe. Mandela would begin actively advocating for human rights in 1942 at the age of 24 and would continue to pursue his life mission for a world of equality until his recent passing on December 5, 2013. South Africa achieved l independence from England in 1934. However, indigenous South African communities continued to be oppressed under the control of white minority citizens. Mandela was introduced to the African National Congress (ANC) in 1942 and officially became a member in 1944. The ANC was formed to unite the African people and bring about social and economic change in Africa (African National Congress, 2011). Embracing the energy and ideas that young people can convey in the face of turbulence, Mandela led the ANCYL (African National Congress Youth League) in 1944 (History.com, 2013). The ANCYL was designed to take a highly visible but non-violent approach against racism and segregation in a full-fledged effort to achieve equal citizenship for all South Africans. Mandela imagined this could be done through boycotts, strikes, civil disputes...... middle of paper ...... retrieved from http://www.info.gov.za/documents/constitution/Stanford University. (n.d.). The history of apartheid in South Africa. Retrieved from http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.htmlUnited Nations. (n.d.). Charter of the United Nations: Preamble. Retrieved from http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/preamble.shtmlUnited Nations. (2013). Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Retrieved from http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/history.shtmlUniversity of Virginia. (n.d.). American President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Retrieved from http://millercenter.org/president/fdroosevelt/essays/biography/2Wikipedia. (2014, January 02). Civil Rights Act of 1964. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_ Rights_Act_of_1964Wikipedia. (2013, October 6). Executive Order 9981. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_9981