Representing Sacco and Vanzetti
Was presented by the Hofstra Cultural Center in conjunction with the Hofstra University School of Communication
Friday, October 4, 2002
This symposium commemorated the 75th anniversary of the execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Topics addressed included: "Class, Ethnicity and Gender in 1920's America," "Sacco and Vanzetti in Art, Literature and Film," "The Media and Ethnic Stereotypes," and "History, Memory and the Case of Sacco and Vanzetti."
The keynote speaker was Howard Zinn, Professor Emeritus at Boston University.
Symposium Co-Directors:
Jerome H. Delamater
Professor of Audio/Video/Film
School of Communication
Hofstra University
Mary Anne Trasciatti
Assistant Professor of Speech Communication and
Rhetorical Studies
School of Communication
Hofstra University
For more information please contact:
Hofstra Cultural Center
200 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549-2000
Tel: (516) 463-5669
Fax: (516) 463-4793
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