Sat Jun 23 2007 (Updated 06/24/07)
A Review
The story of Niccolo Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti was one so powerful
that it is still lamented almost 90 years
later. In 1920, the two Italian-American anarchists were convicted of murder
outside of Boston and held for seven
years before their execution in 1927. To
the authorities’ chagrin, the execution
resounded as an electric shock heard
‘round the world, as the two had garnered support from the far-reaching
corners of the planet. Everyone knew
the names Sacco and Vanzetti, and
nearly everyone resented their deaths.
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