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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Before Nelson Mandela became the president of South Africa, an inspiring symbol for racial equality, and a global icon, he was once a nine-year-old boy sent to Johannesburg after his father's death. It was there he saw fellow Africans who were poor and powerless. whtn the government began to keep people apart based on the color of their skin, Mandela vowed to fight hard to make his country a place that belonged to all South Africans.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"In this informative text, readers will learn all about the exceptional civil rights leader Nelson Mandela. The late president of South Africa spent more than 25 years in prison fighting apartheid. Mandela's example lives on for others to follow, as we continue to work to overcome racism and discrimination. Photographs of the era and quotes from Mandela and others will bring the information to life for young readers. A helpful timeline offers insight...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Nelson Mandela, who courageously dealt with adversity and emerged a world leader, has been an inspirational role model for millions of people around the world, from students to presidents. After being imprisoned for 27 years, in 1994 he became South Africa's first democratically-elected president and shared the Nobel Peace Prize. Mandela died in 2013, but his legacy lives on as a barrier-breaker and humanitarian. Learn all about his life, especially...
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Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Nelson Mandela is a courageous figure who fought against the unjust regime of apartheid in his homeland of South Africa. Despite being imprisoned for his beliefs for twenty-seven years, Mandela worked tirelessly as an activist, philanthropist, and eventually as president of South Africa. Through accessible text and historic photographs, this book chronicles Mandela's incredible life and work while providing important background information on apartheid,...
13) Nelson Mandela
Author
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.2 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Profiles the life, career, and imprisonment of Nelson Mandela, the courageousAfrican antiapartheid revolutionary. Also discussed is his prominence as a statesman following his release from prison.
14) Grandad Mandela
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The great-grandchildren of Nelson Mandela ask their grandmother fifteen questions about the former South African president, from his activism work, his Nobel Peace Prize, and his time in prison.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the life of the South African president and revolutionary, from his childhood and his work as a peaceful protestor to his twenty-seven-year imprisonment, his election as president, and his work to end apartheid in South Africa.
18) Nelson Mandela
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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Describes the life and accomplishments of the South African activist and politician who opposed apartheid and became the country's first black head of state after being imprisoned for twenty-seven years.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
An illustrated narrative of Nelson Mandela's fight against oppression in South Africa, from his imprisonment for public protest after the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960, to his release from prison and election as president in the 1990s.