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James 'Whitey' Bulger was born and raised in South Boston. He got the nickname "Whitey" as a kid for his light blond hair. He got the reputation for bad behavior at a young age. He was known for vicious fights and wild car chases. It didn't take long for him to graduate to more serious crimes. During the years of the 1950s to early 1960s spent 9 years in prison for a string of bank robberies. In the '70s Bulger teamed up with mobster Stephen Flemmi, working his way up to the Somerville's Winter Hill Gang, which was a Irish gang in the Boston area. James became know as tough, a savvy enforcer and ruthless killer. In 1975 John Connolly signed on ‘Whitey’ as an FBI informant. This was the start to a bad-entangling relationship between top criminals and top law enforcement. Bulger and Flemmi helped build a case against their number one target, the Italian Mafia over time. In the early '80s federal agents got most of the Boston Mafia's leaders locked away. After this Bulger and Flemmi were the kings of organized crime. They built a drug trafficking and racketeering empire based in South Boston. The mobsters met regularly with the FBI however in the 1990s John Connolly retired from the FBI and the agency dropped Flemmi and Bulger as informant and began targeting them. In 1995 federal racketeering and extortion charges were put against Bulger and Flemmi. Bulger tipped off that an indictment was in the works and has been on the run since. He has been on the FBI’s 10 most wanted since 2000.
 * Term: Whitey Bulger****By: Jennifer Frucci**

Works Cited: "The Search for 'Whitey' Bulger." Boston.com. Web. 07 Jan. 2011.

Michael Patrick Macdonald grew up in South Boston. He lost 4 siblings, watched is generation decimate by poverty, addiction, and crime. He was a leading Boston activist, and launched many antiviolence initiatives. He won the American Book Award in 2000. His national best seller is All Soul. Currently he is an author in residence at northeastern University and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Works Cited: "Michael Patrick MacDonald : Biography and Speaking Information." Michael Patrick MacDonald : Author of All Souls and Easter Rising. Web. 07 Jan. 2011.
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 * Term: Roxbury****By: Jennifer Frucci**

Roxbury was one of the first towns found in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The city " serves as the heart of Black culture in Boston" (Roxbury). Its been majority of an African American neighborhood since 1960. In the early 20th century became home to new immigrants. A large jewish and irish population developed. The drug epidemic in the 1980s made Roxbury one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Boston. The high crime rate didn't reduce until the 90s.

Works Cited: "Roxbury, Boston." //Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia//. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 7 Jan. 2011. Web. 8 Jan. 2011.

**Term : Dorchester****By: Jennifer Frucci** During the late 19th and early 10th century Dochester increased in social activism. It became home to the first racially intergrated neighborhood. Dorchester also saw a huge increase in new immigrants. Ireland, French Canada, Poland, Italy and African Americans came from the south. From the '50s to the '80s Dorchester changed dramatically. In the later 90s crime skyrocketed, murders and muggings became common. Increased police and the city invested money into the area to increase street lighting. Works Cited: "Dorchester, Boston." //Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia//. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 5 Jan. 2011. Web. 8 Jan. 2011.

Michael Faith Incident Cody Smith In Boston Around the time of the Desegregation movement a young man Named Michael Faith got into a shoving match with an african American male which resulted in Faith getting stabed. Within Minuets community members of "Southie"were at the gates of the school yelling "Bus them back to Africa!" they screamed. "Why are we here?" shrieked one man. "To get those niggers" (Time)! When Boston police Showed up backed up by 125 State troopers moved in on the crowed the and the crowed started throwing bricks and bottles at the force. The mob then started slashing tires and fliping police cars. At the time that all this was going on school busses were moved into the school and the African American Students were moved to Roxberry with out incident.

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Rabbit Inn incident Cody Smith Work Cited [] “Much of the violence took place along Dorchester Street, a four-lane thoroughfare that is the main artery of South Boston, the center of opposition to forced busing. With feelings running high over the busing order, "Southie" swarmed with police, including 300 members of the elite Tactical Patrol Force brought in to disperse crowds and protect the buses bringing black students to the area's previously all-white schools”(Time). Following riots on Dorchester, officers tried to arrest a suspect but the police lost the man in the crowed. The following night Two dozen police officers burst into the Rabbit Inn on Dorchester Street. As many as eight customers were reported injured. Southie’s were convinced that the police raid was an outright reprisal for the previous night's incident (Time).

National Boycott Day Cody Smith All I could find was Montgomery bus boycott.

Irish Mob cody Smith The Irish mob is one of the oldest organized crime in the United States. It has been in organization since the earl 19th century. Known as one of America’s most vicious street gangs they have appeared in some of Americas most prominent cities like Boston New York and Philly.

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Irish Immigration to America By: Jeremy Wakefield

The Irish immigrants, when they came to American had some rough times but became well known when they got the United States. A thing that they did not have to worry about was that of racism unlike how the Asians and African Americans had to deal with the racism. In the 1840s the Irish population/ immigrants made up nearly half of the Untied States immigrants. More immigrants in the 1850s came to the United States because their were a lot of diseases that were killing people in Ireland an example of this was the potato famine. In 1859 55 percent of people who were arrested were than of the Irish culture. The Irish people redeemed themselves by working hard. By working hard they got better social mobility in the 19th century. In the 20th century the first catholic ran for president and he was also Irish. This was a huge step for the Irish immigrants and population.

Work Cited: Kenny, Kevin. “Irish Immigrants in the United States” World Regions. America.gov. 1(13 February 2008): 1-1. America.gov. Web 8 January 2011. Busing of 1974 in Southie

By: Jeremy Wakefield

The Busing in Southie was that of when an African American student at South Boston High School stabbed a white student, which caused a mob of white Americans to form outside the high school yelling racial slurs at the African Americans. This caused the principal to call in buses. The African American parents were in charge of getting their children our safely and they did. They got them out by having 3 decoy buses then 2 actual buses that would transport the African American children and young adults to safety.

Cozzens, Lisa. "School Integration (1955-1975)" African American History. http://fledge.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/ citing.html (8 January 2011).

Ray Flynn By: Jeremy Wakefield

Ray Flynn is a decorated government person. He was the Mayor of Boston from 1984 to 1993. Before he was the Mayor of Boston he was in the Massachusetts House of representatives from 1971 to 1979l. When he was in the House of Rep he represented the South Boston neighborhood and in this time the Bus Crisis of 1974 happened. After he was a Rep. he served on the Boston City Council from 1978 to 1984.

Rose, Charlie. “Ray Flynn” Charlie Rose. 1( 1 January 2010): 1-1. Web. 8 January 2011.