Historedia
Group or institution

Sicilian Shopkeepers

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1899

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Sicilian Shopkeepers, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Lynching of five Sicilian shopkeepers in Tallulah, Louisiana

    1899

    Role: Victims

    1. 1899 · TallulahAbsence of Prosecution

      None of the white lynch mob was prosecuted, an outcome described as typical of the period, while the Italian government protested strongly to the United States.

    2. July 20, 1899 · TallulahLynching of Five Sicilian Shopkeepers

      On July 20, 1899, a mob of white residents of Tallulah, Louisiana, lynched five Sicilians from Cefalù who were doing business there.

Sources

  1. Tallulah, Louisiana Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-02