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Journalist Bob Skole discusses working with the Italian News

By Jeanne_Dasaro on December 13, 2013

Bob Skole was a journalist with the weekly newpaper, The Italian News from 1951 to 1956. In this video he recalls interviewing famous Italian-Americans like singer Tony Bennett and the Defense Secretary for the Sacco and Vencetti trial.

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Bob Skole discusses various campaigns of the Italian News during the 1950s

By Jeanne_Dasaro on January 29, 2012

The Italian News was an Italian-American newspaper published weekly throughout the 1950s in Boston. In this video, Bob Skole discusses the various campaigns undertaken by the newspaper to lobby on behalf of the North End neighborhood and to dispel stereotypes of Italian-Americans.

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