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Massachusetts executed two Italian immigrants 90 years ago: Why the global fallout still matters

  • Written by Moshik Temkin, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University
imageBartolomeo Vanzetti (left), handcuffed to Nicola Sacco, 1923.Boston Public Library

Ninety years ago, on Aug. 23, 1927, two Italian immigrants were executed.

The deaths of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in the Charlestown Prison in Massachusetts marked the end of a raucous seven-year legal and political battle that captivated people across the...

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