Mandela
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.