Leon Czolgosz

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assassination of McKinley

  • TITLE: William McKinley (president of United States)
    SECTION: Presidency

influenced by Goldman

  • TITLE: Emma Goldman (American anarchist)
    In 1895, upon her release, Goldman embarked on lecture tours of Europe and the United States. Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President William McKinley, claimed to have been inspired by her, although there was no direct connection between them, and by that time she had repudiated her earlier tolerance of violence as an acceptable means of achieving social ends. In 1906 Berkman was freed, and he...