Response to showing of the film The Birth of a Nation in April 1915. NAACP Boston chapter and protests; Mayor James Michael Curley called public hearing. William Monroe Trotter and D.W. Griffith testified. Demonstrations at Faneuil Hall after film opened.
Sacco and Vanzetti trials, executions, and responses. Tried in Dedham courthouse. Convicted of murder on July 14, 1921. Sentenced to death on April 9, 1927. Nationwide protests. Executed on August 23, 1927. Sacco and Vanzetti Defense Committee headquarters was located in Boston's North End, first on Battery Street, and then moved to Hanover Street in 1925. On Boston Common on August 21, 1927, more than 20,000 people protested the imminent execution of Sacco and Vanzetti.
Aldino Felicani Collection: Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee Records, Boston Public Library
"The Birth of a Nation Sparks Protest," April 26, 1915, Mass Moments
Fox, Stephen R. The Guardian of Boston: William Monroe Trotter. New York: Atheneum, 1970.
Schneider, Mark. Boston Confronts Jim Crow, 1890-1920. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1997.
Temkin, Moshik. The Sacco-Vanzetti Affair: America on Trial. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009.