• Nelson Mandela’s commitment to politics and the ANC grew stronger after the 1948 election victory of the Afrikaner-dominated National Party
• The following year,the ANC adopted the ANCYL’s plan to achieve full citizenship for all South Africans through boycotts,strikes, civil disobedience and othernonviolent methods.
• Mandela helped lead the ANC’s 1952 Campaign Mandela and Tambo opened South Africa’s first black law firm.