Spelman student corrects school spelling mistake on sign

<p>The spelling of Spelman Avenue is now correct after a student at the college for which the street is named asked the mayor to fix it.</p><p>For decades, the street was Spellman Avenue, but Spelman student Brittany Mosby said she believed it was the result of a misspelling.</p><p>Nearby streets in the predominantly black neighborhood are named after historically black college and universities like Spelman College in Atlanta.</p><p>"It can be assumed that the Spellman on the street sign is actually referring to Spelman College," Mosby, 19, said in a letter she wrote last year to Major David Bradshaw.</p><p>Mosby, daughter of one of the town's councilmen, unveiled the new sign with the correct spelling during a short ceremony Tuesday.</p><p>"I'm very, very excited," she said.</p><p>Bradshaw called Mosby a great ambassador for the city, better known for its roll in the Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb.</p><p>"It took one of our own to figure out it was spelled wrong," he said.</p>