The Life and Times of Lucille and Leo Frank | Atlanta History Center
Lucille Selig was born in Atlanta in 1888 to a prominent Jewish family.
Did Leo Frank kill Mary Phagan? 106 years later, we might finally find …
Leo Frank on trial in August 1913 Photograph by Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP Images In early May, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced that he will reopen one of the most notorious criminal proceedings in American history: the trial of National Pencil Company superintendent Leo M.
Leo Frank, The Jewish Factory Manager Lynched In Georgia
In 1913, Leo Frank was found guilty of killing 13-year-old Mary Phagan, even though no physical evidence linked him to the crime. Two years later, a mob lynched him for it. On August 17, 1915, a Georgia mob lynched Leo Frank, a Jewish man convicted of murder whose death sentence had just been commuted to life in prison by the governor
The Lynching of Leo Frank | My Jewish Learning
In 1913, Leo Frank was convicted of murdering Mary Phagan, a 13-year-old employee of the Atlanta pencil factory that Frank managed.
What the Leo Frank case tells us about the dangers of fake news
On Tuesday, April 11 the first day of the Jewish holiday of Passover White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer asserted that Syrian President Bashar al-Asad was guilty of worse acts than Hitler when he used sarin gas on civilians. Spicer said, someone as despicable as Hitlerdidnt even sink to using chemical weapons on his people. The Nazis, as facts have shown, used Poison Zyclon B gas starting in 1939 on Germanys mentally ill and physically disabled populations.
The Lynching of Leo Frank – History.com
The Murder of Mary Phagan Mary Phagan was on her way to Atlantas Confederate Memorial Day parade on April 26, 1913 when she stopped in at the National Pencil Company to collect her paycheck$1.20 for her 10-cents-an-hour work. The next day, the girls body was discovered in the factorys basement
American Pravda: The Leo Frank Case and the Origins of the ADL
About a week ago both theNew York Timesand theWall Street Journaldevoted considerable space to the coverage of Parade, the revival of a 1998 Broadway musical on the 1915 killing of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager in Atlanta, Georgia, arguably the most famous lynching in American history. Frank had been convicted and sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a young girl in his employ and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) was founded in an effort to save his life. After numerous legal appeals failed, the states governor eventually commuted Franks sentence and a group of outraged citizens responded by hanging Frank
Leo Frank | American factory superintendent | Britannica
Leo Frank, in full Leo Max Frank, (born April 17, 1884, Cuero, Texas, U.S.died August 17, 1915, Marietta, Georgia), American factory superintendent whose conviction in 1913 for the murder of Mary Phagan resulted in his lynching. His trial and death shaped the nascent Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and spurred the first resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Frank was pardoned in 1986
Leo Frank Lynching Photos: The Leo Frank Lynch Party August 16 & 17 …
The Abduction Site: Milledgeville Prison On August 16, 1915, nearly two months after the June 21, 1915, commutation, Leo M. Frank was abducted from prison by a group of men from the State of Georgias highest social, legal, and political strata. They anointed themselves as the Knights of Mary Phagan
Leo Frank – Jewish Virtual Library
The success of the Broadway musical Parade has rekindled interest in the Leo Frank case.
