A detailed review of the assassination of President William McKinley.
Contemporary report of a speech by anarchist Emma Goldman, a copy of which was found in the assassin's pocket.
Brief account of the circumstances of the assassination.
Brief biography of McKinley's assassin.
Excerpts from Emma Goldman's autobiography describing her brief meeting with Czolgosz before, and her imprisonment after the assassination.
Provides the story of the assassination with links to source documents. Includes Thomas Edison's movie recreating the execution of the assassin Leon Czolgosz.
NPR's Eric Westervelt reports on McKinley's assassination and how it changed the conduct of all future American presidents.
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