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1. Michael Faith Incident By:Scott Goff The Michael Faith Incident had happened on December 23, 1974 and the incident was a riot that was based around a student being stabbed. The student that was stabbed was Michael Faith who was 18 and the person who had stabbed him was James White who was also 18 but a black student. The students had attended South Boston High and the fight had started over a white boy who had slammed the door in a black girls face. James White and Michael Faith started fighting then White had pulled out a knife and stabbed the other student. He was rushed to the hospital for surgery and then more and more of the public found out quickly and a crowd of whites surrounded the school. The crowd started yelling things like “ship them back to Africa” (TIME). Then the police had been informed and came with 120 officers to stop the crowd. This stirred up the riot and people started to slash the tires of the squad cars and one was even tipped. The black students still on campus were then taken off campus in busses. “Education: Southie Boils Over.” //Time//. Time Inc. 1974 Dec. 23. Web. 2010 Jan. 6. 2. Rabbit Inn Incident By:Scott Goff In Southie the schools started to stop using segregation for the school buses. From this it made a lot of the community mad so they started a riot because the races where now mixed on the buses and obviously a lot of people didn’t want that. From the riots the Mayor Kevin H. White came out and said "We can no longer maintain either the appearance or the reality of public safety"(Time). The riots had gotten to violent so over 300 “elite Tactical Patrol Force” where placed into the riots to break up the crowds and protect the buses bringing black students to safer areas. From the Riots and the police it made the area a lot tenser and one night a brick was chucked at a police car and the cops tried to get the man but had gotten away. The next night the T.P.F. had raided the Rabbit Inn with about two dozen T.P.F. officers. From this as many as eight patrons were reported injured. People were saying the T.P.F. was just to get back from the incident from the night before. “Boston: From the Schools To the Streets.” //Time//. Time Inc. 1974 Oct. 21. Web. 2010 Jan. 6 3. National Boycott Day By:Scott Goff National Boycott day was a day when nobody went to school because they were boycotting it. The day was in October on a Friday and during the day of the boycott there would be a march or a rally. The rally would include up to 10,000 people and it started to show the rights for the Irish Immigrants but since schools were segregating blacks and whites the rally was for racial tensions. A lot of the desegregation had been going on in two schools and at the rally they started some trouble. Announced by MacDonald “crowds gathered at Darius Court once again to taunt the police”(87). The two schools where South Boston High and Charleston High which one of the schools was where the Michael Faith Incident had taken place. MacDonald, Michael Patrick. //All Souls//. Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press, 1999. Print. 4. Whitey Bulger By: Scott Goff Whitey Bulgers real name is James Joseph Bulger, Jr. who was born September 3, 1929 and puts him at age 80. Whitey Bulger is “a wanted fugitive and is in the ten top most wanted fugitives by the Federal Bureau of Investigation or FBI” (wikipedia). Bulger is the alleged leader of the Winter Hill Gang, which is a Irish crime family in Boston. Bulger is wanted for many things by the FBI, things such as Murder, conspiracy to commit murder, Narcotics distribution, extortion, etc. Bulger has only had a criminal career in his life and had done many things a lot of them took place in Boston. Such as when he had gotten back to Boston in 1952 he had hijacked liquor truck, in 1955 he started robbing banks, but was caught and arrested on march 1956 (wikipedia). He was put in prison for 9 years but was sentenced for 25. When he had gotten out of prison in 1965 he had joined another gang called the Killeen gang. Today he is still on the run from the FBI at the age of 80. “James J. Bulger.” Wikipedia. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. 2010 Jan. 1. Web. 2010 Jan. 7. 5. Irish Mob By: Scott Goff  The Irish Mob is one of the oldest organized crime groups in the United States and has been around since the early 19th century. The Irish gangs show up in a lot of the “major cities including Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, and New Orleans”(Wikipedia). There are many different Irish gangs spread out but the Major ones are The Winter Hill Gang, The Westies, and the Gustin Gang. The Gustin Gang was one of the original gangs in Boston but the leader Frank Wallace was killed by an Italian gang. The Winter Hill Gang was one of the most successful organized crime groups in American history. They had controlled the gangs of Boston from the early 1960’s to the mid 1990’s. The latest gang leader was Whitey Bulger who is 80 years old and still on the run today. “Irish Mob.” Wikipedia.org, 2009. Web. 31 December 2009 6. Irish Immigration to america By: Zach Romano

The Irish Diaspora is a group of Irish emigrants that went to a couple different countries. The peak of the countries population is 8.5 million. Before 1700 between 9 and 10 million people immigrated. That is more than the country has ever had live there. In 2009 there were only 6 million people who lived there. In the Diaspora it contains over 80 million people. The legal definition of the Irish Diaspora is “is defined in legal terms: the Irish diaspora are those of Irish nationality who habitually reside outside of the island of Ireland .” (Wikipedia). Everyone who was in the Diaspora was an immigrant at one point. "Irish Diaspora". Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 08 Jan. 2010.

7. Busing of 1974 in Southie

Zach Romano

The buses in Southie were segregated and violent. The blacks and whites were split up. There would be fights sometimes because the white people would think they are better than the blacks. “ ...a racially imbalanced school is not educationally harmful." (Louise Day Hicks). White crowds of people would find black people and yell at them and also threaten them. Parents would take their kids out of schools because there were to many black people. White people would threaten the lives of black people on the buses. Some times it would escalade so far that the cops would have to come.

“School Desegregation in Schools 1974”//. Eyes on the Prize. PBS.org.// 23 August 2003. Web. 6 January 2010.

8. Michael Patrick McDonald

By Zach Romano

Michael Patrick MacDonald grew up in south Boston. He started writing books after he lost four of his siblings. Not only did he write books but he helped his community. “After losing four siblings and seeing his generation decimated by poverty, crime, and addiction, he became a leading Boston activist, helping launch many antiviolence initiatives, including gun-buyback programs.” (Michaelpatrickmacdonald.com). He wrote the book //__All Souls__// and it was his national best seller. He wrote a follow up book called //__Easter Rising: A Memoir of Roots and Rebellion.__// He wrote a screen play that goes with his book. He lives in Brooklyn.

“Bio”. //Michael Patrick Macdonald//. [|www.michaelpatrickmacdonald.com]. 2009. Web. 7 January 2009.

9. Ray Flynn By: Zach Romano

Ray Flynn was the Mayor of Boston from 1984 to 1993. When he was in college he was a basketball player for Providence College. “ was selected [|MVP] in the 1963 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) during his senior year, and was the last player cut from the then World Champion Boston Celtics. ” (Wikipedia). Before he was the Mayor he was a Democrat in the House of Representatives. He represented South Boston during the busing crisis. The crisis was happening in the seventies. He was on the Boston City Council from 1978 to 1984. He was elected Mayor of Boston twice, once in 1984 and a second time in 1988 until 1992.

“Ray Flynn”. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 09 Jan. 2010.

10. Roxbury By: Zach Romano

Roxbury was a neighborhood in Boston. A lot of people immigrated there for some reason. The immigrants included the English Irish and German. In the 20th century they have gotten a lot of Jewish people. They have a big Irish community as well. “ A large Irish population also developed, with many activities centered around Dudley Square, which just before and following annexation into Boston, became a central location for Roxbury commerce.” (Wikipedia). This town had a massive migration that came from the south. It was a town in South Boston which is called Southie. “Roxbury, Boston”. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 09 Jan. 2010.

11. Dorchester By: Ariah Luevano Dorchester is located in Boston, Massachusetts. The populations consists of “young working professionals, gay men, and working artists” (Walczak). There are a variety of different people that live in Dorchester. Dorchester was settled before its neighbor Boston. For the first 200 years Dorchester was apart of Boston. The town is best remembered for railroads that brought countryside to suburban development. The people were the most of the glory of the town because of how many different people lived there. Dorchester was the first to support a public school by taxation. Overall, Dorchester had a lot of turning points that helped with the development of the state.

Walczak, Bill. Dorchester History. Boston Neighborhood News, 2001. Web. January 6. 2010
12. Mattapan By: Ariah Luevano Mattapan is located in Massachusetts it is connected with Dorchester. Mattapan was established as a business district of Dorchester. Mattapan's population is roughly “30,000 and is primarily known as the largest Haitian community in Massachusetts” (Mattapan). Primarily known as the largest Haitian community in Massachusetts. Mattapan is known for its violence it also goes by “Murderpan” (Mattapan). The town has the MBTA red line Mattapan station for its transpiration. Red Line helped with creating jobs. The station connected both countryside and city life.

//Mattapan.// City of Boston, 2009. Web. January 7. 2010

13. Southie By: Ariah Luevano Southie is formerly known as Dorchester Neck. It is located near Dorchester Bay. It is a small community within Dorchester. Over time Southie made its own identity. Southie is one of the most populated towns in Massachusetts. Its home for many polish and Lithuanians communities “ it is one of the most poorest white communities”(Wiki). Southie is well known for being working class. It is known for having the oldest public housing in the United States. Southie is full of culture and its still known for its people. "South Boston" Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 08 Jan. 2010.

14. Old Colony Housing Project By: Ariah Luevano Old colony housing is the oldest developments in Boston. Old Colony offers 843 units ranging from one to six-bedroom apartment (Old Colony). It was built in Built in1941. This housing is mainly for low and moderate income people and families. Old Colony is located in South Boston by the sea. It is 15 acres of land near the South Boston waterfront. Old Colony uses the Red Line station. The station connects too all the other small towns in South Boston and the Dorchester area. //Old Colony.// Boston Housing Authority, 2009. Web. January 7. 2010