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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,543 posts)
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 05:07 PM Aug 2017

Leo Frank August 17, 1915

"Soon after the commutation, on August 17, 1915, a group of 25 men, described by peers as “sober, intelligent, of established good name and character“ stormed the prison hospital where Leo Frank was recovering from having his throat slashed by a fellow inmate. They kidnaped Frank, drove him more than 100 miles to Mary Phagan's hometown of Marietta, Georgia, and hanged him from a tree. Frank conducted himself with dignity, calmly proclaiming his innocence. Townsfolk were proudly photographed beneath Frank's swinging corpse, pictures still valued today by their descendants."

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http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/leo-frank

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Leo Frank August 17, 1915 (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 OP
Kick and Rec Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #1
Thank you! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #2
Thank you. Behind the Aegis Aug 2017 #3
You are welcome! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #10
k&r! nt steve2470 Aug 2017 #4
Old Times There Are Not Forgotten jpak Aug 2017 #5
Sadly, they are forgotten, that's the problem. Behind the Aegis Aug 2017 #6
As long as we remember and teach others, even when it seems hopeless, it is not forgotten. Solly Mack Aug 2017 #9
This thread moved me to view the docudrama "The people vs. Leo Frank". oasis Aug 2017 #7
Thanks for the lead. Haven't seen the video. Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #11
Thanks, didn't know it was on YouTube grantcart Aug 2017 #12
K&R Solly Mack Aug 2017 #8

Behind the Aegis

(53,919 posts)
3. Thank you.
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 08:47 PM
Aug 2017

Once again, Jewish history garners a giant collective ***meh***.

I added an OP-ED from the ADL here in GD about Leo Frank.

Behind the Aegis

(53,919 posts)
6. Sadly, they are forgotten, that's the problem.
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 12:24 AM
Aug 2017

I doubt many people know who Frank was, what the case was about, or how it inspired great hate (the revival of the Klan) and inspired great justice (the creation of the ADL).

Solly Mack

(90,758 posts)
9. As long as we remember and teach others, even when it seems hopeless, it is not forgotten.
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 03:24 AM
Aug 2017

We can't let them win. I won't. You won't either.

I included Frank's lynching in my post because America has a long history of anti-semitism. We can't forget that and we can't allow others to forget that. I get so tired of people's find a happy place denial.

I know it seems as if people don't care and I am sorry for that. It seems that way to me a lot of the time.

But for what it is worth, I care.

oasis

(49,323 posts)
7. This thread moved me to view the docudrama "The people vs. Leo Frank".
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 03:16 AM
Aug 2017

I saw it on YouTube and it was well worth the one hour and twenty four minute viewing time. An information packed, eye opener.

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