Task 1. Read the text and choose the right topic sentences (1-4) for paragraphs (A-D). Use each topic sentence only once and write the corresponding letter in the space given. 1. Nelson Mandela became a leader in the African National Congress (ANC).
2. Nelson Mandela was a civil rights leader in South Africa.
3. Mandela would spend the next 27 years in prison.
4. Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in Mvezo, South Africa

A. . He fought against apartheid, a system where non-white citizens

were segregated from whites and did not have equal rights. He served a good portion of his life in prison for his protests, but became a symbol for his people. Later he would become president of South Africa.

B. . His birth name is Rolihlahla. He got the nickname Nelson from

a teacher in school. Nelson was a member of Thimbu royalty and his father was chief of the city of Mvezo. He attended school and later college at the College of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand. At Witwatersrand, Mandela got his law degree and would meet some of his fellow activists against apartheid.

C. . At first, he pushed hard for the congress and the protesters to

follow Mohandas Gandhi's non-violence approach. At one point, he started to doubt that this approach would work and started up an armed branch of the ANC. He planned to bomb certain buildings, but only the buildings. He wanted to make sure that no one would be hurt. He was classified as a terrorist by the South African government and sent to prison.

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