Every great social movement of our time began with the fight for an ideal. The anti-apartheid movement in South Africa and abroad was fueled by a profound need to end decades of racial discrimination and to see the birth of a democratic nation. The civil rights movement in the US sought to end segregation.
Both these movements have come to signify the triumph of justice, humanity and tolerance over discrimination. Both had humble beginnings and only burgeoned into unstoppable behemoths with the march of time.
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