The Black Flag: A Look Back at the Strange Case of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti

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First published in 1981, this book reassesses the case of Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italian immigrant anarchists living in Boston in 1920. The pair were accused of a payroll robbery and the murder of two guards for which they were arrested and, after a long trial, executed in 1927. In 1977, on the fiftieth anniversary of their deaths, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts issued a proclamation which acknowledged a miscarriage of justice. Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Original Title Page Original Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Prelude Acknowledgments Part one A winter's tale 1 Christmas Eve 1919 2 Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti 3 A crime punishable by death 4 Cross-examination 5 Eels and the electric chair 6 In Death Row Interlude A long shadow Part two Half a century later 7 In State House 8 Little secrets in little boxes 9 'There seemed to be no doubt at all' 10 'Have you agreed upon your verdict?' 11 Culture or anarchy 12 'The storming of heaven' Background sources 1 Proclamation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Tuesday August 23, 1977 2 Other sources 1 Documentation 2 Books and papers on the case 3 Books on the social background 4 Other references cited 5 Literature on anarchy 6 Some drama, novels and poems on the case Index of names