Friday, April 9, 2010

Name a predominantly white community that has a street or building named after an African.

A small historic town in the eastern part of West Virginia has a street named after Nelson Mandela. Mandela, of course, fought against the system of apartheid in South Africa. The town's name is Shepherdstown, West Virginia and is a part of Jefferson County. Shepherdstown is home to Shepherd University and is the oldest town in the state of West Virginia, chartered in 1762. The name of the road is Mandela Road. According to the 2010 Census, Shepherdstown is home to around seventeen hundred residents. The Census recorded the racial makeup of the town as 85.5% white and 9.5% black. The town's population is growing.


There are over 120 roads around the world named after Nelson Mandela according to the article linked below. In the United States, ten roads are named after this great African humanitarian.

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