Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti

Publisher:  Smithsonian Folkways, Washington DC
Year Published:  1996   First Published:  1946
Price:  $18.99  
Book Type:  Audio CD

Resource Type:  Audio
Cx Number:  CX7162

An album of songs written and recorded by Woody Guthrie about the notorious case of Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants and anarchists in the 1920s who were charged and eventually executed after a highly dubious trial for their supposed involvement in a robbery.

Subject Headings

• Anarchism
• Courts
• Crime & Punishment
• Criminal Justice System
• Political Prisoners/Prisoners of Conscience
• Political Repression
• U.S. History