Under German rule the colonial administrators treated Nelson as an equal, but after New Zealand seized control in 1914, Nelson was excluded and alienated by the new government. Despite being elected to the Legislative Council in 1924, he could do little as he and the other elected members were constantly overruled by the more numerous government appointees. This treatment turned Nelson into one of the major forces in the Samoan independence movement, known as the Mau.
In May 1927 Nelson founded a newspaper, the Samoa Guardian, to support its claims. In response to his growing public dissent, the New Zealand administration tried to brand Nelson as unscrupulous and a trouble maker. The colonial administration's desperation to silence Nelson led them to exile him in January 1928, along with two other part-European members of the Mau. During his five years of exile, Nelson took his protests as far as the League of Nations in Geneva.
Although the confederates were outnumbered they continued to win major battles
He came up with Scientific Method which was a new approach toward problem solving and explaining what had been previously been discovered.
The Birmingham campaign led to the end of segregation in
Birmingham Alabama considered to be one of the racially divided cities in the
United States. Through non-violent
protest by students and volunteers, they were able to help implement the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 that outlawed racial discrimination in work and services throughout America.