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Photograph of an historical marker which stands near the site of Leo Frank's lynching in Cobb County. Dedicated in March 2008, the marker was erected by the Georgia Historical Society, the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, and Temple Kol Emeth.Leo Frank, a Jewish factory superintendent accused of killing a young girl in Atlanta, was one of the relatively few white victims of lynch mob "justice" in the state.
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Keywords

  1. Antisemitism
  2. Atlanta
  3. Cobb County
  4. Frank, Leo, 1884 1915
  5. Georgia
  6. Hate Crimes
  7. Historical Markers
  8. History
  9. Lynching
  10. Murder Victims
  11. Signs And Signboards
  12. Victims Of Hate Crimes

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