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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Public Enemy #1: Gangsters During the Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
"Gangsters" in the Great Depression were divided into two different groups: Mobsters and Outlaws. This article discusses the differences between the two and the role each group played.
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Other

University at Albany: Organized Crime and Prohibition

For Students 9th - 10th
Features statistics and details about organized crime and prohibition including facts on some of the more colorful gangsters during that era.
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East of England Broadband Network

History's Heroes: Giovanni Falcone (1939 1992)

For Students 3rd - 8th
This website explores the lives of heroic ordinary people who made their mark on history. Features illustrated story on Giovanni Falcone who sacrificed his life fighting against the mafia. Find out who he was, what he did, his...