Sacco and Vanzetti’s Trial of the Century Exposed Injustice in 1920s America
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/sacco-and-vanzettis-trial-century-exposed-injustice-1920s-america-180977843/
The Case of Sacco & Vanzetti
https://www.mass.gov/law-library/the-case-of-sacco-vanzetti
The red scare (1919-1920) and the Palmer Raids
https://www.ushistory.org/us/47a.asp
In this episode of History Brief, the Red Scare of the 1920s is explained. Major fear of Communist Revolutions in the United States are experienced, and Sacco and Vanzetti (anarchist immigrants) are executed for a murder they may not have committed.
Primary & Secondary Sources
“They Are Dead Now”: Eulogy for Sacco and Vanzetti
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4984
“Save Sacco and Vanzetti”: The Defense Committee’s Plea
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4983
Sacco and Vanzetti
https://cdn.theatlantic.com/media/archives/1927/03/139-3/132413768.pdf
Sacco and Vanzetti, 1921
A Spotlight on a Primary Source by Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/sacco-and-vanzetti-1921
This cartoon by Fred Morgan links labor strikes with anarchists who want to overthrow the government.
https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1904
This cartoon by James P. Alley features a “European Anarchist” sneaking up on the Statue of Liberty. At that time, anarchist was the term for people who wanted to overthrow the government
https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1905
secondary source
"We Stand Defeated America": Sacco and Vanzetti in U.S.A. (1937)
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4986
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4984
“Save Sacco and Vanzetti”: The Defense Committee’s Plea
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4983
Sacco and Vanzetti
https://cdn.theatlantic.com/media/archives/1927/03/139-3/132413768.pdf
Sacco and Vanzetti, 1921
A Spotlight on a Primary Source by Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/sacco-and-vanzetti-1921
This cartoon by Fred Morgan links labor strikes with anarchists who want to overthrow the government.
https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1904
This cartoon by James P. Alley features a “European Anarchist” sneaking up on the Statue of Liberty. At that time, anarchist was the term for people who wanted to overthrow the government
https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1905
secondary source
"We Stand Defeated America": Sacco and Vanzetti in U.S.A. (1937)
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4986