Brutal

Born on March 21, 1956 Kevin Weeks was born into an Irish family of six. Kevin grew up in the Old Colony Housing Projects in South Boston. His father John was a well known boxer in the area. Growing up Kevin lived a usual life he boxed and when he wasn’t boxing he was apart of swimming team. In South Boston at this time the majority of people living in South Boston was white with a couple of African American families in the area. Kevin attended Boston College High ninth grade but left to South Boston High. He graduated on June 12, 1974 when the school was still a mostly white school. Kevin started working as a security aid at South Boston high he liked working there because he like being with his friends and it was a place he felt comfortable in. When the next school year rolled around Judge Arthur Grarrity ordered 17,000 Boston school children to be bused to integrate the Boston schools. With the education for black student being low, the judge ordered that any student living in Boston will be able to go to any Boston school and most of the African American student’s chose to go to South Boston High since it was a great school.