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Bombings -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1910-1920 -- Political aspects
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Fallout From The Wall Street Bombing, Maxwell Mcpherson
Fallout From The Wall Street Bombing, Maxwell Mcpherson
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Abstract: On September 16, 1920, a bomb would go off in the middle of Wall Street killing forty people and injuring over a hundred more. To this day the perpetrator remains unknown, and in the absence of resolution one might question how the contemporary public reacted to this terrorist attack in the heart of Manhattan. Through an archival examination of newspapers printed in the period after the attack it can be seen how this unsolved mystery would fuel persecution and public hysteria in the ensuing months targeting “suspect” political dissidents and ethnic minorities. From studying newspapers published following the bombing …