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21
September
1953

Mandela’s banned address outlines a new organizing plan

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Biography 📅 21 September 1953 📍 South Africa

Mandela’s presidential address, “No Easy Walk to Freedom,” was read on his behalf because a banning order prevented him from speaking publicly. It criticized repression and argued for an ANC able to organize through local networks and disciplined grassroots contact, an approach known as the M-Plan. The address shows how state censorship shaped both the form of his political speech and the movement’s organizing strategy.

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Nelson Mandela

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African National Congress

ANC Transvaal