This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Sick Society and the Leo Frank Case Retold
A historical retrospective traces the Leo Frank lynching in Marietta 1915 as part of a long lineage of mob justice and racial prejudice. It notes the trial, commutation, and ultimate execution, highlighting public fervor, official complicity, and enduring societal sickness across the South and nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo M. Frank
Brookly
Frank
Dreyfus
France
Marietta
Superior Court
Atlanta Theological Seminary
Dinnerstein
Miledgeville
Honig