Mandela was convicted of treason in 1964 , given a life sentence . Mandela , de ##ceived the Nobel Peace Prize . He once said violent political struggle became rule after nonviolence began . Tutu also won a Nobel Peace Prize -- in 1984 -- and was one of many who carried on Mandela 's work through the late 1960s , the 1970s and the 1980s . Mandela was the first of his children to attend university .
Mandela was convicted of treason in 1964 , given a life sentence . Mandela , de ##ceived the Nobel Peace Prize . He once said violent political struggle became rule after nonviolence began . Mandela was the first of his children to attend university .