Nelson Mandela and Apartheid

Racial-segregation policy of the government of South Africa from 1948 to 1994. Under the apartheid system, nonwhites-classified as Bantu colored , or Indian-did not share full rights of citizenship with the white minority. In the wake of these violent acts of repression international pressure for the overturning of South Africa's racial policies grew, and in October 1989 President de Klerk permitted antiapartheid demonstrations. When Nelson Mandela walked out of prison on Feb. 11, 1990, South Africa's future walked with him. A lesser man would have felt justified in calling for a violent upheaval to bring down the white supremacist government. Anger is a powerful emotion and Mandela had reason to call for revenge. He had spent 27 years in prison, 18 of them on Robben Island, an inhospitable chunk of rock sitting in the cold Atlantic, off the coast of Cape Town.

African Independence

Africa changed so much in the 20 year time spand because mostly every year a new country was added to Africa. Patrice Lumumba became the nation’s first prime minister, He ruled a divided country. A Leader named Moise Tshombe declared that region’s independence. Still, some Angolans gained a education. Accounts of other African countries that had become independent inspired them. In the 1960s, three revolutionary groups emerged. Foreign powers supported each group. As the first European colonial power in Africa, Portugal probably felt tightly bound Cold War Reaches Angola.

The Right Stuff

The USSR was competing in the film "The Right Stuff" with the Russian's. They were competing because Russia was the first to get someone into space and the USSR was trying to do the same , then the Russian's got a sat alight into space and the USSR wasgonna do the same. The Russians was winning because they just kept doing things first and doing it right & quicker.