The book Nelson Mandela by Laaren Brown and Lenny Hart tells the life story of Nelson Mandela. Mandela faced many challenges in his life that he overcame to be the great man the world has come to know and love. One challenge Mandela faced was racism. He was a black man living in an Apartheid country. The blacks were separated from the whites in South Africa and were not allowed equal rights. Often the blacks in South Africa were treated like slaves. They were not given the same rights as the whites. To overcome this challenge Mandela organized rallies to protest the Apartheid laws set by the government. It was a long struggle that landed Mandela in jail, but he continued his fight even in jail and after 27 years in jail Mandela was free and