Most Suprising

The most surprising thing I learned in class concerned American Jews and it was the Trial of Leo Frank which is why I am writing my final paper on him. I never heard of this happening before this class and I was shocked that it even happened. While researching for my paper I found a video on youtube that talked about Frank and how in Marietta, Georgia if you mention Leo Frank or Mary Phagan's name not many people will know who you are talking about. There is a small plaque on the side of an office building next to the freeway that is in memory of what occured but who is going to see it. This is not just something that should be looked over, it was a serious issue. During the trial a black man accussed Frank of murdering Mary Phagan and they took his word over a white Jew. In the south during this time they would never take a black man's word over a white mans. The way the whole case was handled was ridiculous. They went the complete opposite way then where the evidence pointed them and after Frank was ruled guilty at the trial his last chance was in Governor John M. Slaton's hands. Unfortunately, he chose the right decision and payed for it by being hung by an angry group of prostestors. After the lynching of Leo Frank, 33 members of the group called the Knights of Mary Phagan formed the new Ku Klux Klan of Georgia. It is unbelievable to consider how this murder turned into a sick and twisted piece of history and sadly 3 innocent people died.