Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was born on May 6th, 1937 in Clifton New Jersey. He grew up in a poverish area where crime was prominent. He was arrested as a child for stabbing a man who he claimed was trying to molest his friend. He would spend his youth in a juvenile detention center. Eventually Rubin left the detention center and joined the army. This is where he first learned to box. After arriving in New Jersey Carter was arrested because the police said he did not fulfill his entire sentence. He went back to prison to serve the remaining ten months of his term. When he was released…
