nelson mandela and apartheid

Apartheid is a the segregation of the government to colored people. If you were of color you could not vote, or be allowed in certain areas.The establishment of Black National States was another manifestation of apartheid. In 1991, after years of internal dissent and violence and the boycott of South Africa, including the imposition of international trade sanctions by the United Nations (UN) and other organizations, President F. W. de Klerk repealed the key elements of apartheid legislation and by 1994 apartheid had ceased to exist.
He Fought for Unity and Liberation. Today, His Country Is Healing the Wounds of Racism and Apartheid.

When Nelson Mandela walked out of prison on Feb. 11, 1990, South Africa's future walked with him. If Mandela had raised a clenched fist and said, "We must purge this land with blood," an uprising would have surely ensued, and South Africa would have disappeared into the sea of anarchy that has engulfed so many other African nations.