At the Bantu Men’s Social Centre in Johannesburg, the League’s founding meeting elected Anton Lembede president and placed Mandela, Ashby Mda, Oliver Tambo, and Walter Sisulu on its executive. The Youth League pressed for mass African-led action against white rule. Albertina Sisulu was reportedly the only woman present, a reminder that women participated while leadership structures remained male-dominated.
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What did the ANC Youth League push for?
The ANC Youth League’s 1944 founding meeting elected Mandela to its executive.
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Mandela was among those elected; the League advocated African-led mass action.