On March 14, 1891, in the city of New Orleans, 11 Italian Americans were lynched by an angry mob. The anger stemmed from a jury’s failure to convict the men of killing a police officer, Daniel Hennessy. Refusing to accept the verdicts, a crowd marched to the prison where the acquitted defendants were held post-trial, broke down the doors screaming “We want the Dagoes!” and murdered the following men: Antonio Bagnetto, Joseph P. Macheca, Antonio Marchesi, Antonio Scaffidi, James Caruso, Rocco Geraci, Pietro Monasterio, Emmanuele Polizzi, Frank Romero, and Charles Traina.It’s unlikely you’ve ever heard the names of these men ---- fruit vendors, longshoremen, and shoemakers ---- because they’ve become a footnote to history.