Nelson Mandela and Apartheid

Apartheid is a form of racial segregation in parts of the world where it is racially segregated in social or educational ways. Nelson Mandela was a hero because he wanted all of the races to be free even though the white people locked him up for 27 years. He was also a complex person because he wanted peace but had used a campaign of violence. He wasn't communist but admired the communist leaders that fought along side him.