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= Michael Faith Incident  = By: Brittney Davis On December 11, 1974, a Caucasian male, by the name of Michael Faith, was stabbed by an African American male while in a shoving match at South Boston High School. South Boston High became the focal point of Boston’s disagreeable desegregation battle, in schools. According to the novel, “All Souls: A Family Story from Southie”, “When news of the incident flashed through the neighborhood, it took platoons of mounted police, special detachments of MDC police and squads of state troopers in full riot gear to clear the streets of angry demonstrators and permit the terrifies black student to board their buses for home” (MacDonald 220). James White, a student at Roxbury, was arrested for the stabbing. Faith was rushed to a nearby hospital for immediate surgery. Both of the boys were only eighteen years of age. This was only one of the many outbreaks of racial violence in the Boston area.

MacDonald, Michael Patrick. //All Souls: A Family Story from Southie//. Boston: Beacon Press, 1999. Print.

= **Rabbit Inn Incident** = By: Brittney Davis The Rabbit Inn Incident all started because heavy police presence made the tension among the resentful Irish residents, of Southie, increase. This increase in tension caused someone to, one evening, throw a brick through the windshield of a T.P.F. squad car. The car was cruising in the Southie area, when the brick hit it. When the officers tried to arrest a suspect, a very large crowd of Southies got involved. The suspect was able to escape in the crowd. Leading to the Rabbit Inn Incident. According to an article written in TIME Magazine, “The next night two dozen T.P.F. officers burst into the jampacked Rabbit Inn on Dorchester Street. As many as eight patrons were reported injured. Some Southies are convinces that the T.P.F. raid was an outright reprisal for the previous night’s incident; the police claim that they were merely answering a distress call” (“Boston…”). This situation was just one of many where people were injured because of Southie tensions and things of that nature.

“Boston: From the Schools To the Streets”. //TIME Magazine.// TIME Mag., 21 Oct. 1974. Web. 6 Jan. 2011.

= **National Boycott Day** = By: Brittney Davis October 4th was declared “National Boycott Day” by South Boston busing opponents. According to TIME Magazine, “10,000 demonstrators marched down the streets of South Boston to celebrate ‘National Boycott Day’” (“Education…”). There were 162 schools involved in Boston’s National Boycott Day. Almost all of the 162 Boston schools that were involved in the desegregation program were calm. However, the two schools with the most racial problems were still in chaos. In both schools, South Boston High and Charlestown High, there were fights almost every day, all day. Because of these kinds of events, several students would be suspended. This process occurred several times.

“Education: A New Idea on ”. //TIME Magazine.// TIME Mag., 10 Nov. 1975. Web. 6 Jan. 2011.

= Dorchester = By:Danielle LaFreniere Dorchester is a lost town that was once a corporate local town. It is now known as a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. It was named after the town of Dorchester in the English county of Dorset. This county was where the Puritans emigrated from and today this county is nicknamed “Dot” by its residents. “Dorchester, including a large portion of today's Boston, was separately incorporated in 1630. It was still a primarily rural town and had a population of 12,000 when annexed to Boston in 1870” (Dorchester, Boston). A lot of the streetcar and railroad lines brought quick expansion to the town, including the population. Bringing it from 12,000 in 1870 to 150,000 in 1920. It was also diverse with different kinds of people, now with a working class community of African Americans, European Americans, Caribbean Americans, and it was the center of Irish American immigration. Also there was a influx of young professionals, gay men, and working artists to the neighborhood, adding the mix of Dorchester.

"Dorchester, Boston." //Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia//. Web. 07 Jan. 2011.



= Mattapan = By: Danielle LaFreniere Mattapan is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. Historically a section of this neighborhood was next to Dorchester. “Mattapan became a part of Boston when Dorchester was annexed in 1870. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 28,145. Like other neighborhoods of the late 19th and early 20th century, Mattapan developed, residentially and commercially, as the railroads and streetcars made downtown Boston increasingly accessible” (Mattapan, Boston). Mainly, residential Mattapan is a mix of public housing, small apartment buildings, single-family houses, and two-and three houses (known locally as “Three Deckers)

"Mattapan, Boston." //Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia//. Web. 07 Jan. 2011.

= "Southie" = By: Danielle LaFreniere South Boston or Southie is a densely populated neighborhood of Boston, Mass. It is located south and east of the Fort Point Channel and is next to Dorchester Bay. “The realty of South Boston has changed drastically in recent years as property values, especially in the City Point neighborhood near [|Castle Island], have risen to the level of some of the highest in the city” (South Boston). It was previously known as Dorchester Neck and today is known as “Southie” by the people that live there. South Boston is filled with the working class of Irish-Americans. It also has a vibrant mix of Polish and Lithuanian communities.

"South Boston." //Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia//. Web. 07 Jan. 2011.

= Old Colony Housing Project = By: Danielle LaFreniere The Old Colony Housing Project is a housing project that is located in Southie on East Ninth Street. “Built in 1941” (Old Colony Housing Project) and it is one of the oldest developments Boston Housing Authorities have built. This is where Whitey Bulger and associates Buddy Francis and Kevin Weeks grew up.

"Old Colony Housing Project." //Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia//. Web. 07 Jan. 2011.

**James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger** By: Bobby Sesteaga

Whitey Bulger: James Joseph Bulger Jr. was born on September 3rd, 1929, in Dorchester, Massachusetts to James Joseph Bulger Sr. and Jean McCarthy. James Joseph Bulger Jr. also known as Whitey Bulger is a fugitive and the alleged leader of the Winter Hill Gang located in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1999, Whitey became the 458th person added to FBI and the top ten-wanted fugitive list. Whitey is wanted for racketeering, murder, extortion, distribution of narcotics, and money laundering. Whitey is wanted across the United States for counts of 19 murders, but for 12 years the FBI has not been able to catch Whitey. Police departments across the United States have received calls about Whitey, "I’d never been asked that before. I was taking a call from San Diego about Whitey Bulger. I get a lot of calls about Bulger, but this one was different. I need to know what his legs look like. I’m pretty sure it’s him” (The Boston Phoenix). These calls have not been successful because Whitey has fled from every state and has not been caught.

“The Boston Phoenix.” []. Web. 07 Jan. 2011.

“James Joseph “Whitey” Bulger.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 07 Jan. 2011.

**Irish Mob** By: Bobby Sesteaga

Irish Mob: The Irish Mob originates from the many American-Irish street gangs of the 19thCentury. The Irish Mob is one of the oldest organized crime groups in The United States and has been spread across the large East and Midwest coast cities in America such as, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, and New Orleans. The Irish Mob also has also internationally spread outside of Ireland, The United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. The first actions of the mob were in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s during prohibition in Boston in heavily Irish-American neighborhoods like Somerville, Charlestown, South Boston, Dorchester, and Roxbury. The Winter Hill Gang, ran by Whitey Bulger is not part of the Irish Mob, but the Winter Hill Gang has committed many crimes and has become the most dominant non-mafia gang. During the 1970’s and 1980’s the FBI was infiltrated through a corrupt federal agent known as John J. Connolly who then covered up for Whitey Bulger, which then Whitey Bulger could use his status as a government informant against his rivals. The Irish Mob also has created an alternative path rather than members killing and becoming convicts, but also remain at a criminal status, “Irish mobsters organized gambling, prostitution and protection rackets in urban immigrant communities” (ezinearticles.com). The Irish Mob is notoriously known throughout the United States and is still feared in many parts of the United States.

“Irish Mob.” []. Web. 07 Jan. 2011.

“Irish Mob.” Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 07 Jan. 2011.

**Irish Immigration to America** By: Bobby Sesteaga Irish Immigration to America: Life in Ireland was tough, there were many diseases, a lot of people living below the poverty line, and oppression from English parliament. The only escape for Irish people was to migrate to America and begin a new life. Although life in America seemed as an ideal trip, America was horrible and unpleasant. The migration of Irish people began during the 1850’s in ships crowded and full of Irish people; many Irish people referred to these ships as coffin ships. Diseases and deaths went around these ships only the few, strong, and lucky survived and fled these ships as soon as they got to America. The life in America was very different, unexpected, depressing, and not accepting. American’s did not like Irish people, many Irish people were unemployed because nobody provided Irish people with a job, “Ads for employment often were followed by "NO IRISH NEED APPLY"” (Kinsella.org). The American people did not allow Irish people to explore the true freedom and happiness of America; on the contrary many American’s provided Irish natives an unhappy and hard life. The Irish Immigration to America was a very grueling, haggard, and unpleasant experience.

“Irish Immigration to America.” []. Web. 07 Jan. 2011.

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