Feb 29 2020 24 mins
1920 - Massachusetts: two Italian immigrants were charged with armed robbery and payroll murder, but they were put on trial for their radical political beliefs and dodging the draft. They were both sent to the electric chair. * thanks for taking an interest in a case of real significance. I urge you to read some of the following, they’re links that were particularly helpful during the research: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1927/03/the-case-of-sacco-and-vanzetti/306625/ https://time.com/4895701/sacco-vanzetti-90th-anniversary/. https://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/sacvan.html https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/08/sacco-vanzetti-palmer-raids-anarchism-repression https://famous-trials.com/saccovanzetti/770-chronology https://theconversation.com/massachusetts-executed-two-italian-immigrants-90-years-ago-why-the-global-fallout-still-matters-82416 https://libcom.org/history/1916-1927-the-execution-of-sacco-and-vanzetti https://speakola.com/ideas/sacco-vanzetti-execution-courtroom-1927 https://www.thoughtco.com/sacco-vanzetti-4148194?print https://apnews.com/a17cec743c734563bf91933ccd29c6ab/90-years-on,-legacy-of-Sacco-and-Vanzetti-executions-lingers https://www.massmoments.org/moment-details/massachusetts-executes-sacco-and-vanzetti.html https://solidarity-us.org/atc/190/p5062/ https://www.ushistory.org/us/47a.asp