Library of Congress
Loc: Topics in Chronicling America: The Mc Kinley Assassination
Find contemporary newspaper accounts of the shooting of President Willian McKinley, his death, the swearing of Theodore Roosevelt as president, and the capture, trial, and execution of the assassin.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad, Text and Notes
Complete text of Joseph Conrad's novel "The Secret Agent."
Curated OER
History Matters: "A Healthy Public Opinion"
Read Terence V. Powderly's reasoning for keeping the Knights of Labor, which he headed, out of the turmoil that came after the Haymarket Square Riot.
The Atlantic Monthly Group
The Atlantic: The Never Ending Wrong
The famous author, Katherine Anne Porter, wrote an article in the July, 1977, The Atlantic magazine, recounting her memory of the Sacco-Vanzetti trial fifty years before, and commenting on the view of Anarchism and Communism in the...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Anarcho Capitalism
A detailed explanation of anarcho-capitalism, with links to definitions of terms and other concepts involved. Includes a section on the arguments for and against anarcho-capitalism, as well as links to additional resources.
Other
Anarchy Archives
A rich collection of links and articles assembled by a professor of political studies.
Chicago History Museum
Chicago Historical Society: The Dramas of Haymarket
The Chicago Historical Society presents extensive information about the 1886 bombing at Haymarket Square that helped change the course of the labor movement. Read about the bombing, arrests, trial, executions, and other events that...
PBS
Pbs American Experience: Chicago: Anarchists and the Haymarket Square Incident
From PBS' American Experience's series on Chicago, this article describes what led up to the Haymarket Square riot in May 1886. It details who was involved, what happened on May 4, 1886, and rigged jury who decided the fate of men...
Library of Congress
Loc: Chicago Anarchists on Trial: Evidence From the Haymarket Affair, 1886 1887
This lesson from the Library of Congress examines the Haymarket Square riot and resulting trial from many different perspectives. Read about the position the anarchists took, as well as the reactions of the police. Questions to encourage...
Stanford University
Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Albert Parsons Sac
[Free Registration/Login Required] Young scholars use primary source documents to investigate central historical questions. In this investigation, students read six different sources that provide insight into what happened at Haymarket...
Curated OER
History Matters: Parsons Responds to Powderly
Read an excerpt from a letter written by Chicago radical and Haymarket defendant, Albert Parsons, to the "Chicago Times" concerning Terence V. Powderly and the Haymarket riot. Also links to other related sites.
Digital History
Digital History: Sacco and Vanzetti
Sacco and Vanzetti were caught up in anti-immigrant, Red Scare feelings in the 1920s. Read about their arrest and controversial trial filled with prejudice and errors.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Henry Clay Frick
A brief biography of Henry Clay Frick describing his rise in the business world to being one of the most influential industrialists at the time. Find out why anarchists of the time held so much animosity toward him.
PBS
American Experience: Espionage and Sedition Acts
As progressive a president as Woodrow Wilson was, when the U.S. joined World War I, he signed legislation that made it a crime to criticize the government. Read about the espionage and sedition acts that were passed and how they were...
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Emma Goldman: Address to the Jury
This is the text of Emma Goldman's address to the jury at her trial and that of Alexander Berkman on July 9, 1917, in New York.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Red Scare
A dark side to the Jazz Age was the increase in the fear of Communism. Read about the federal government's actions to stem anything that was thought to threaten American security.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Eight Anarchists: August Spies
Read about the fate of August Spies, union activist and anarchist, who was involved with the demonstration at Haymarket in Chicago.
Chicago History Museum
Encyclopedia of Chicago: Haymarket and May Day
Read this historical account of the events that led to the infamous labor dispute known as the Haymarket Square Riots on May 4th of 1886.
Other
Anarchist Murderers or American Martyrs?: Nicola Sacco
A brief biography of Nicola Sacco's life before his fateful arrest, perhaps wrongly, for murder in 1920.