From Broun's first article on the case: To me, the tragedy of the conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti lies in the fact ... Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.

Heywood Brown August 6, 1927 If Heywood Broun was not the least vitriolic commentator on the Sacco-Vanzetti case ... die Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.

I confess that I like Walt Whitman and Paul Simon and Noam Chomsky and Miller I confess that Sacco and Vanzetti, who have my blood, are memorable in the history of the USA and I follow them.