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Michael Patrick McDonald Melissa Rubio Michael Patrick McDonald is an Irish American author. One of his well known novel is __All souls__ which is also his memoir. Michael is from south Boston old colony housing projects. From living in these areas he experienced the loss of his four siblings also his generation was decimated by poverty. All the experiences that he lived through brought him to the conclusion of him become an activist. His strong beliefs are antiviolence initiatives, and he also works for social change and nationally and families that go through the things that he has experience and also he works with young teens like himself and direct them in a better direction.

Roxbury Melissa Rubio The town of Roxbury was settled by the early English colonist in 1630. In the center of the city there are buildings and landmarks that can tell the history of Roxbury that can go back 3 centuries. Roxbury is know for its open green spaces and it was a farming town and it was also a early suburb. Roxbury was known to have many resources and this was one things that they colonist were looking for in the those day. There was a lot of farmland, plenty of timber and stone perfect for building in the old days. There was the new thing that was coming out which was water power. The location of Roxbury is one the only road that would get you to Boston this was a great advantage to the people who lived in the town because there was lot of trade. Roxbury is one of the important settings that is in the novel.

Ray Flynn Melissa Rubio Ray is well known for being the mayor of Boston during the years from 1984 to 1993. As time when on and he did things to help the city he was reelected over and over because the people had respect for him. From being mayor he became an activist and he really wanted some change in the things that were going on in his city. When president bill Clinton went into power he assigned ray Flynn to a position as the ambassador of the Holy See. From the time that he began to take concern in things that are happening he has made a lot of changes.

Dorchester Melissa Rubio Dorchester has been around since the beginning of the united states ( similar to Roxbury). This area is known for the farming community and also it has small commercial and industrial outposts. In this community there is still some old building that date back to the 1648. This part of the city is a very mixed part because there a lot of different types of people here. There are a lot of Vietnamese in this area and there is a lot of other countries such as a Ireland. This neighborhood is located next to Roxbury to the east and is next to a body of water.

Mattapan Melissa Rubio This is another neighborhood of Boston it is located south of Dorchester. In this neighborhood in to 1600 was mainly made of the Mattapan tribe. When the settlers began to come there was a lot Irish, Jewish and Haitians in this area. During the 1960s there was a there were a lot of blacks moving to the Mattapan. When there was a lot of moving there were a lot of families that were moving in Blue hill and Norfolk area. This part of Boston first started as a middle class but there as the area began to grow instead of middle class it became a working class. There was large numbers of blacks in the area as time went on city was a primary black.

Southie (South Boston) Melissa Rubio Southie is one of Bostons very populated neighborhood. Southie is that common name that the resistence call it, the people who mainly work there are the working class Irish American. This part of the city was once one of the parts where there was a lot of problems things like poverty. This section as the other places of the city holds a lot of history. In this city is where president Washington help troops and forced British troops out of Boston.

Old colony Housing project Melissa Rubio The old colony housing project are like apartments that are located in South Boston (Southie). They were built in 1941 they are oldest developments in Boston. This is where Michael Patrick MacDonald lived when he was younger. In this place is where his mother managed to raise 10 kids. In this place Michael Patrick MacDonald saw things like violence and other things that he is against now. Here he saw people suffer from drug abuse, and there was even time when he saw things such as murder and suicide.

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