Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Mandela was a proposed city that would be formed as a result of some districts seceding from Boston, Massachusetts. The districts, including parts of Roxbury, Dorchester, and the South End, were inhabited mainly by African-Americans and Latinos, and the movement was driven by black community leaders. The name was inspired by Nelson and Winnie Mandela, South African anti-Apartheid heroes. The proposal was defeated in 1986. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.