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1961
Two students in Portugal raised their glasses in a tost to freedom.
They were imprisoned for seven years.
1920
A boy from a small South African Village dreamt of a day when EQUALITY would prevail over his country.
After years of activism, he was charged with "Political Treason" and sentenced to a life in prison.
His dream of equality never died.
1990 after 27 years in prison, Nelson Rolihlaha Mandela was finally released.
Mandela then led South Africa to its first democratic Presidental Election. Nearly 19 million people voted.
Nelson Mandela won the election, ending the racist apaitheid regime that devided South Africa for 46 years.
"Never doupt that a small group of committted people can change the world. Indeed, its the only thing that ever has."
~Margaret Mead.