Leo Frank

If there is one court case that captured all issues of class, gender and race in the 1910s, the famous Leo Frank Case in Atlanta, Georgia, truly represents that. In the article “The Leo Frank Case Reconsidered: Gender and Sexual Politics in the Making of Reactionary Populism,” author Nancy MacLean discussed the turbulent court case, which was from the beginning, designed to find a Jewish wealthy businessman named Leo Frank guilty, simply because of racial hatred by southern whites, the growth of industry in the South, and because he was a part of the encroaching Progressive business elite. However, the biggest factor throughout the case was gender. Many southern white fathers were reluctant and against the idea, of letting their daughters leave the home in order to work in industrial jobs. The mere…

LEO FRANK Last night, August, 16, 1915, Leo frank was lynched by the prominent citizens of Marietta. Leo frank was put into court after the murder of Mary Phagan, the child of tenant farmers who had moved to Atlanta for financial gain. Mary Went to Frank’s pencil factory to get her $1.20 that he’d owe her from the twelve hours she worked that week. Frank was the last person to see her alive. The young lady was found in the cellar by the night watchman, Newt Lee. He called the police, and told…

State University Department of Theatre and Dance’s production of Parade shows the story of the Trial of Leo Frank, a Jew convicted of murdering a thirteen-year old girl, Mary Phagan. The white southerners in the show convict him guilty of murdering Mary. They do not have any evidence of convicting him guilty though. The convict him because he is Jew. This trial shows how racial discrimination is the overall them of the story. Ball State University Department of Theatre and Dance’s Production of…

America in the early 1900’s can be demonstrated through the case of Leo Frank. The people of Atlanta responded in a way that represents the tensions that filled the crevices of American society. Leo Frank was a wealthy Jewish man living in America during this earlier parts of the 1900’s. Leo Frank was a man that was accused of raping and murdering a young lady named Mary Phagan. Leo Frank was never proven guilty for the crime against Mary Phagan. Although, He was claimed to be guilty of his…

the superintendent of the factory, Leo Frank. Jim Conley, an African American sweeper at the factory, was arrested because he was caught trying to rinse blood out of a shirt. After Newt Lee, the night watchman, told the investigators that Frank seemed nervous the day of the murder, both Lee and Frank were ordered by a coroner’s jury to be held under the charge of murder. Lee’s statement was later proven false by two other workers who disputed the story. Conley admitted to writing the notes that…

As another person who had not at all heard of the Leo Frank case, I was less surprised by the results of the case than by the application of charges to Frank. In recent years, the federal conviction rate has been about 93%. This number is somewhat lower in state cases, and has been somewhat lower historically, but there is still a tremendous natural advantage to the prosecution. In addition to the obvious, such as the prosecution presenting its case first and receiving 2 closing arguments, this…

Greetings! I’m Neon but my close friends call me Ne. Before I get into too much detail, there are some things you should know about me. First of all, I weigh 20 amu; light, I know! I have been around for a while, for about 4.5 billion years, but no one knew of my existence because people don’t notice me; it’s so sad! Now into my life story. When a nebula helped form planet Earth, my friends and I were born. However, it took a long time, smart people and a lot of work to get us all free from…

Ariens are active, brave and frank. They possess an abundence of energy which renders them aggressive in all sorts of enterprises. Constantly on the go they are the pioneering go-getters of the Zodiac. It is the present challenge that counts not what happened yesterday or what the future may bring. They’re enthusiasm is contagious. While their outspokeness is sometimes hard to take it is ultimately accepted by friends and family who recognise that such frankness stems from the Rams honest…

There was once a beloved ruler, who encouraged schools and knowledge for everyone, while conquering territory and governing the city to the best of his ability. Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great, was a widely known emperor who ruled most of Western Europe from 768 to 814. His father, Pepin the Short, was Mayor of the Palace to king, who ruled over the Frankish kingdom for fifteen years until his death in October 768 AD. When his father died, the Franks placed the two brothers,…

Charlemagne is believed to have been born about the year 742. He has been considered by many people an ideal ruler, and a model for other rulers. Charlemagne, also known as Charles I, was the son of King Pepin the Short. Later when he became King of the Franks, his country already occupied nearly all of modern France, all of Belgium and the Netherlands, most of Switzerland, and large areas of Germany. To expand the country even more he added Saxony, Bavaria, large parts of Austria, the Kingdom…