Cry, the Beloved Country | Compare and Contrast
1948: Winning the national election, the National Party institutes a system of apartheid, officially segregating the black majority from the white minority.
Today: Nelson Mandela, having served twenty-seven years in prison, is sworn in as the President of South Africa in 1994. In 1996 he signs the new Constitution which, among other things, guarantees equal treatment before the law for all citizens—black or white.
1948: Those in opposition to Apartheid policies take hope in a brighter future by singing Nkosi...
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