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.

In 1921, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, both Italian-Americans, were convicted of robbery and murder. Although the arguments brought against them were mostly disproven in court, the fact ...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...