Leo Frank Case
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- Leo Frank case involved Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager accused of the murder of Mary Phagan, a young white girl who worked at the same factory.
- The event consisted of Leo Frank's arrest, trial, and subsequent conviction for the murder of Mary Phagan.
- The event took place at the National Pencil Company factory in Atlanta, Georgia.
- The event took place in the region of North Georgia.
- The Leo Frank case occurred in 1913.
- This event is important to Georgia's history because it highlighted issues of anti-Semitism, racism, and injustice in the South at the time. The case drew national attention and led to debates about the fairness of the trial and the treatment of minorities in the criminal justice system. It also contributed to the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. In 1986, Frank was posthumously pardoned, acknowledging the flaws in his trial and the injustice done to him.