Transcriptions

We Defy : 10,000 volunteers protest against 'unjust laws'

ZA COM MR-S-005
Pièce
Aug-52

Fait partie de Speeches

Occasion -Statement of the Campaign's aims
Summary - This statement focuses on the support by masses of volunteers from all races for the first stages of the Defiance of Unjust Laws Campaign. It also reiterates the main aims of the Campaign: to oppose an unjust system and struggle for freedom for non-Europeans.

Sans titre

General Strike : Statement by Nelson Mandela on behalf of the National Action Council following the stay-at-home in May 1961

ZA COM MR-S-008
Pièce
May 1961

Fait partie de Speeches

The statement reviewed the successes and weaknesses of the three day stay-at-home in May 1961, as well as the responses to it from journalists, students, trade unions, and from opposing groups like the Pan-Africanist Congress. It also announced the policy of non-collaboration with the government and renewed the call for an intensified international boycott and the complete isolation of South Africa.

Sans titre

I am prepared to die : Nelson Mandela's statement from the dock at the opening of the defence case in the Rivonia Trial

ZA COM MR-S-010
Pièce
20 April 1964

Fait partie de Speeches

In this, the opening of the Defence case, Mandela states that his experiences in South Africa and his pride as an African underlie his actions. He details how and why Umkhonto we Sizwe was formed and what its strategies were. He also responds to the allegations of the State one by one and includes an explanation of both his ideological influences and his ideals.

Sans titre

Black man in a white man's court : Nelson Mandela's first court statement - 1962

ZA COM MR-S-011
Pièce
22 October 1962

Fait partie de Speeches

Occasion: Nelson Mandela's first court statement
Place: Old Synagogue Court Pretoria South Africa
Date: 22 October 1962

Sans titre

I am not prepared to sell the birthright of the people to be free

ZA COM MR-S-013
Pièce
10 February 1985

Fait partie de Speeches

Occasion - UDF Rally to celebrate Archbishop Tutu award of the Nobel Peace Prize
Summary - Mandela's response to the latest offer of freedom by the South African Government. It was read on his behalf by his daughter Zindzi Mandela.

Sans titre

Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the religious service at the Cathedral of Uppsala

ZA COM MR-S-025
Pièce
1990-03-13

Fait partie de Speeches

Sans titre

Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the welcome ceremony by the President of the Republic of France

ZA COM MR-S-031
Pièce
1990-06-06

Fait partie de Speeches

Welcome ceremony by President of the Republic, Mitterand, for Nelson Mandela

Sans titre

Statement by the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the President and Members of the French National Assembly

ZA COM MR-S-032
Pièce
1990-06-07

Fait partie de Speeches

Statement to French President and Members of the National Assembly

Sans titre

Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the French Prime Minister's dinner

ZA COM MR-S-033
Pièce
1990-06-07

Fait partie de Speeches

Prime Minister Rocard dinner for Nelson Mandela

Sans titre

Statement by the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the business leadership meeting

ZA COM MR-S-037
Pièce
1990-06-21

Fait partie de Speeches

The port authority of New York and New Jersey and the New York partnership co-sponsored the meeting in cooperation with the African- American institute.

Sans titre

Statement at a special meeting of the UN Special Committee Against Apartheid