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My fight with Bilbo

Title
My fight with Bilbo / by Josephine Piccolo.
Author
Piccolo, Josephine.
Publication
[New York] : Garibaldi American Fraternal Society of the IWO, [1945].

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Description
16 p.; 19 cm.
Alternative Title
Mia lotta contro Bilbo
Subjects
Note
  • Piccolo's first-hand account of her public confrontation with Theodore G. Bilbo, a racist senator from Mississippi. Piccolo, a 25-year-old single woman from Brooklyn, had written to Bilbo asking him to desist in his filibuster against the Fair Employment Practices Act, which at the time was being considered in committee. Bilbo responded with a letter addressed to "My Dear Dago," telling Piccolo to "keep [her] dirty proboscis out of the other forty-seven states...I have no one to account to except the people of Mississippi..." Piccolo publicized the letter, prompting New York congressman Vito Marcantonio to confront Bilbo on the floor of the House.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Language (note)
  • In English and Italian.
Call Number
Berg Coll Piccolo M94 1945
OCLC
263134127
Author
Piccolo, Josephine.
Title
My fight with Bilbo / by Josephine Piccolo.
Imprint
[New York] : Garibaldi American Fraternal Society of the IWO, [1945].
Access
Restricted access; request permission from holding division.
Language
In English and Italian.
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Research Call Number
Berg Coll Piccolo M94 1945
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