Mike Coppola (mobster)
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Michael "Trigger Mike" Coppola was a New York City mobster who became a caporegime of the 116th Street Crew of the Luciano family, which later came to be known as the Genovese family. Coppola headed m
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Vito Marcantonio
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Vito Anthony Marcantonio was an American lawyer and politician who represented East Harlem in New York City for seven terms in the United States House of Representatives.
Mike Coppola (mobster)
…plans to assassinate New York Republican Party political activist Joseph Scottoriggio, who was murdered in 1946, in response to his opposition to Vito Marcantonio. Doris Coppola died in March 1948, a day after giving birth, reportedly murdered by her husband to prevent her from testifying against him after she…
Congressman Fiorello La Guardia (left) and Marcantonio, his campaign manager, c. late 1920s
Mrs. Charles Jones of Gauley Bridge, West Virginia (left), testifies on silicosis deaths before the House Labor Committee, January 20, 1936. Marcantonio (right) instigated the investigation.
Marcantonio on a visit to Los Angeles c. 1930s
Henry Wallace and Paul Robeson flank Marcantonio just before an American Labor Party rally at Madison Square Garden, 1949