The Train from Rhodesia | Compare and Contrast

1950s: Black South Africans cannot vote, represent themselves in government, or live in the same areas as white South Africans.

1990s: Black South Africans participate in the South African government, vote, and maintain the same legal rights as white South Africans, though vast ghetto areas like Soweto still exist.

1964: Nelson Mandela is arrested by the South African government and imprisoned for treason after nearly two decades of work for the African National Congress.

1996: South African President Nelson Mandela and the African...

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