Court Transcript of statement from the Dock of Nelson Mandela, Pretoria Supreme Court, 20 April 1964
… of the African National Congress, and had behind us the ANC tradition of non-violence and negotiation as a means of … of my leader, Chief Lutuli, who became President of the ANC in 1952, and who was later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize: … we have almost no rights at all". Even after 1949, the ANC remained determined to avoid violence. At this time, …