After a police investigation, two Italian immigrants — Nicola Sacco, a 32-year-old shoemaker, and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, a 29-year-old fish peddler — became suspects.

A montaged image of Italian anarchists Nicola Sacco (1891 – 1927) and Bartholomeo Vanzetti (1888 – 1927) in jail before their execution in 1927.

Nicola Sacco was born April 23, 1891, in Torremagiore, a town m southern Italy. He was one of 17 children. His father was an oil and wine merchant and a trustee of the local church.

WELLFLEET — When you walk into Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater for the premiere of Kevin Rice’s “Sacco & Vanzetti’s Divine Comedy,” your eyes are immediately drawn to the 12 white, featureless, ...

On Aug. 23, 1927, despite worldwide demonstrations on their behalf, the state of Massachusetts executed Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for murder.

Italian anarchists Ferdinando Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed on this day in 1927. Get This Happened straight to your inbox ️ each day! Sign up here.

Sacco & Vanzetti Are Dead! is a satirical retelling of the trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants caught in the web of prejudice and political persecution during ...