-Became the leader of the African National Congress -Was arrested in 1964 and put in prison for life -Was released in 1990 -Won a nobel peace prize in 1993 -Elected as President of South Africa in 1994 (First black ever, and F.W. de Klerk his jailer was his deputy president)
Summary
Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for being the leader of the ANC, than was later released and became the President of South Africa.