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An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank

In 1913, Mary Phagan, a 13-year-old employee at an Atlanta pencil factory was found murdered. Police suspected Leo Frank, who was a northerner and a Jew. His trial captured national attention. A mob stormed the prison where Frank was being held and lynched him. Leo Frank thus became the only known Jew lynched in American history.

Audience
young adult
Length
short · 152 pages

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