BRIAN MCGRORY A crime then, and now - Shirley Simmons, right, helped spare the city further racial violence in 1979 when her son was shot and paralyzed. Politicians promised to help, but they never did. Now she faces foreclosure.

BRIAN MCGRORY

A crime then, and now

- Shirley Simmons, right, helped spare the city further racial violence in 1979 when her son was shot and paralyzed. Politicians promised to help, but they never did. Now she faces foreclosure.

Date March 21, 2012

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Tags #Shirley Simmons    #Darryl Simmons    #busing    #Boston    #race    #violence    #foreclosure   

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