SACCO/VANZETTI CASE FBI FILES

2189 pages of files copied from FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., and archived on CD-ROM covering the Sacco/Vanzetti Case. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted of murdering two men during a robbery attempt in South Braintree, MA, on April 15, 1920. They were convicted on July 21st 1921 after a 5 hour jury deliberation. The two were sentenced to death. Many people believed these men were wrongly convicted and demonstrations were staged protesting their convictions. Some believe their fate was influenced by anti-immigrant and anti-Italian bias.

The files cover efforts in support of Sacco and Vanzetti after their conviction. The FBI came to believe that groups who were in support of Sacco and Vanzetti were making plans to take action against U.S. government officials in order to influence state officials to overturn their convictions. Sacco and Vanzetti were executed on August 23rd, 1927.