CNBC Squawk Box December 6, 2013
Fight against apartheid. The system of white rule over the majority black population. To feel that it is for us to continue talking nonviolence and peace. He was jailed for organizing demonstrations as well as treason and sabotage. He spent 27 years behind bars, but his jailing fueled the fires of freedom. His plight became an International Symbol of oppression. International businesses boycotted south africa until the government finally relented and released mandela in 1990. The famous prisoner instantly became a superstar who energized the people and became the first black person to run for ...