- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Leo Frank Marker
- Date of Original:
- 2008/2009
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Cobb County
Signs and signboards--Georgia--Cobb County
Lynching--Georgia--Cobb County
Murder victims--Georgia--Atlanta
Victims of hate crimes--Georgia--Atlanta
Antisemitism--Georgia--Atlanta
Hate crimes--Georgia--History--20th century
Frank, Leo, 1884-1915 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cobb County, 33.94147, -84.57667
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A historical marker 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.
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. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/lynching/m-10982/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://georgiahistory.com/ghmi_marker_updated/leo-frank-lynching/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Georgia Historical Society
Georgia Historical Society - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/lynching
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/leo-frank-case
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Historical Marker Program - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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