Life Before Prison
When Mandela ran away to Johannesburg he got there later in 1941. He worked as a mine security officer while in college for a BA from the University of South Africa. From then on he went to go get his LLB at the University of Witwatersrand. Mandela did not finish his degree at Witwatersrand because he was sentenced to prison, he then tried to continue his degree at the University of London in 1962 but he still didn't complete his degree then. Finally, in 1989 after his last months of his imprisonment he went back to the University of South Africa and completed his LLB degree. At the University of Witwatersrand Mandela meets a man named Walter Sisulu. Walter Sisulu gave him a job at a law firm from 1941-1943, where mandela is known for being the first colored man to work for a law firm in South Africa.
Mandela was extremely politically involved, he joined the African National Congress to help the Youth League (ANCYL). While moving up the ranks in the ANCYL he influenced the people to have a more racial based policy. Then he got together with a group to campaign against a six unjust laws. It was joint laws between ANC and the South African Indian Congress.
Mandela was extremely politically involved, he joined the African National Congress to help the Youth League (ANCYL). While moving up the ranks in the ANCYL he influenced the people to have a more racial based policy. Then he got together with a group to campaign against a six unjust laws. It was joint laws between ANC and the South African Indian Congress.
