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Sacco & Vanzetti Lecture on August 29th

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The Saco and Venzetti Commemoration Society is sponsoring a free lecture by Ted Grippo on Wednesday, 7pm, August 29, 2012 at Dante Alighieri, 41 Hampshire St., Cambridge. Grippo will talk about recent evidence supporting a conspiracy to frame the North End Italians, Sacco and Vanzetti.

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Author Talk Video: “From Italy to Boston’s North End – The Photographs of Anthony V. Riccio 1972-1982”

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Anthony V. Riccio recently presented photographs from his book From Italy to Boston’s North End – The Photographs of Anthony V. Riccio 1972-1982.  The book documents the arc of the Italian American immigration experience with images of daily life taken in the rural villages of southern Italy to everyday life in Boston’s North End during the 1970’s Read More…