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1910 Leo Frank Trial

Ben C.


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13 Year Old Murdered Ben Clark 4/27/1913 Last night a thirteen year old girl Mary Phagan was found dead in the cellar of her workplace by Newt Lee, the night watchman at the factory. Mary worked at an American pencil company, and had parents which were farmers. It was said that Mary was going to pick her weekly paycheck of about a dollar. The man responsible for handing out the paychecks was Leo M. Frank. Leo M Frank, a [|Jewish] man in Atlanta was placed on trial and convicted of raping and murdering a thirteen-year-old girl who worked for the National Pencil Company, which he managed. Leo works at the same pencil factory as Mary Phagan. Leo was at the factory handing out paychecks to the workers. It was said that Leo was the last person to be in contact with Mary that night. There is some suspicion about whether Leo was the one who murdered Mary or not. There is, however another suspect. Jim Conley, the factory's janitor is also being taken to court. Jim Conley was arrested when he was seen washing red stains from a shirt, later gave contradictory conformations explaining how he had helped Frank get rid of the dead body. Conley will be represented by the lawyer William Smith.

Dinnerstein, Leonard. "Leo Frank Case." //Georgiaencyclopedia.com//. Georgia Humanities Council, 3 Aug. 2009. Web. 22 Sept. 2011.

Task 1: Mastery Rubric A quality news article will: •open with an attention-grabbing headline •identify the author's name and the date of the publication (in the past) • develop the 5 W's in three power paragraphs •paragraph 1: contain an interesting lead •paragraph 2: correctly cite a secondary source (an indirect quote) •paragraph 3: correctly cite a primary source (eyewitness account) •maintain appropriate journalistic voice •read like an article written in the same time period as the event occurred •be free of mechanics and Works Cited errors

TASK II

Do Immigrants Have Right To Due-Process? Ben Clark

Leo Frank (a Jewish businessman) came to America to find a job and be successful, but in America, Anti-Semitism was at its highest. We thought that every immigrant who came to America just came to take our jobs and take over. Do immigrants have right to due process? Leo Frank’s trial was revised by the Supreme Court, and they stated “whether a constitutional right was denied to him in his being excluded from the trial court-room when the jury returned its verdict of guilty.” If Leo was denied a constitutional right, then they take the right to due process away from him. An article from the //New York// Times stated that Leo was denied a review of his case. If Leo Frank was not denied due process, then maybe his life and many others would have been saved.

NY times. "Franks Last Appeal Denied." //NY Times// 8 Dec. 1914: 1. //Nytimes.com//. Web. 28 Sept. 2011.

Linder, Douglas O. "Anti-Semitism and the Frank Case." //Umkc.edu//. N.p., 2008. Web. 28 Sept. 2011. .

PROMPT 2: How did advocates for the minority group shed light on this injustic How did advocates for the minority group shed light on this injustice?

Ben Clark

The Lynching of Leo Frank created a lot of controversy between Jews and Americans. People wrote songs, poems, etc. about the injustice of the lynching. In a poem //The Lynching of Leo Frank// by Zvi A. Sesling, he writes “Not to mock those staring at him as he hangs in silence before his killers" (Sesling). The people thought they were doing justice, but in the poem it is seen as murder, which is making Americans look extremely racist. In an article //In the Matter of Leo Frank, Part I// by Kevin Macdonald, he compares the lynching to “a miniature version of the Holocaust.” It was a strong disliking of the whole race itself. So even after the death of Leo Frank, there are things that are shedding light on the matter

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Sesling, Zvi A. "The Lynching of Leo Frank." //Newvilnareview.com//. N.p., 24 Apr. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">2011. Web. 3 Oct. 2011. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">MacDonald, Kevin. "In the Matter of Leo Frank." //Theoccidentalobserver.net//. N.p., <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">15 Jan. 2010. Web. 3 Oct. 2011.


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He hangs from the tree, black hood over his head, Hands tied behind his back Starched white shirt, now wrinkled Head slumped forward, beneath The hood his eyes bulge, His tongue sticks out The National Pencil Factory Married Lucille Selig.

Not to mock those staring at him as he hangs in silence Before his killers

Dead

Now in a funeral home, people have broken a window because they want to get in, to see the man who Killed Mary Phagan

Do Jews have horns like the devil as some say or Perhaps a tail Or a pitchfork As the citizens of Marietta, Georgia march past him His wife is at home, alone

//Leo Frank, Factory Supervisor//

Leo Frank, born in Cuero, Texas in 1884, A Jew who grew up In Brooklyn, NY  Graduated from Cornell in 1906, learned the pencil trade Came to Atlanta to manage The National Pencil Factory

For five years Life is good for the twenty-nine year-old and he is one of the Heads of the south’s largest Jewish communities Life couldn’t be better For a New York Jew in Atlanta

//Mary Phagan, Factory Worker//

Mary Phagan, thirteen, daughter of the new century With a future as pretty as The young teen in the white dress On Confederate Memorial Day she went to the factory For the dollar and twenty-cents Owed her before she was laid off Pretty girl with brown curls and a ribbon bow Pretty girl alone in the factory to collect her pay

//An Early Death//

Too young. O how young. Only thirteen and Her body found in its blood soaked dress Body limp Pall of death On her face.

Her body, her life, her mother intensely Scrutinized and is there a person who knows Who killed her Was it the janitor, Jim Conley, suspected for More than sixty years Could it have been the Negroes who those Southerners suspected There were so many who could have choked life From her in 1913 Marietta They were Christian men, white, black And a Jew –

The Jew from the north The Jew who ran the factory

Mary Phagan - her good Christian brethren Were sure her murderer was the Jew because It could never have been one Of them because good Christian Men that they were could not have Put that rope around her neck and squeezed out Her pretty life

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Sesling, Zvi A. "The Lynching of Leo Frank." //Newvilnareview.com//. N.p., 24 Apr.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">2011. Web. 3 Oct. 2011.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: center;">The Lynching of Leo Frank

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Leo Frank being lynched caused much controversy over whether Jewish people were recognized as people, and I think artwork helped the Jewish population realize that they were in fact, people. Zvi Sesling is a modern day Jewish poet who wrote about this dreadful case in the lynching of Leo Frank, Zvi writes "Her body, her life, her mother intensely scrutinized and is there a person who knows who killed her? Was it the janitor, Jim Conley, suspected for more than sixty years" (Sesling). Almost everyone knew that Conley (Black janitor) killed Mary Phagan, but somehow he got away with it, and Leo took the fall, the spoils? death. An inspirational poem has been written, and if it were there back then, it would have helped the fight against Anti-Semitism in not just Jewish people, but all races.

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: center;">Leo Frank

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: center;">Ben Clark <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Leo Frank, a Jewish business man had to fight for his life, almost one hundred years ago. He lost this fight and ended up being lynched on a tree on the faithful day in August, 1915. Overall, light has been shed on the Jewish American population, and the Jewish immigrant population. Leo Frank is an inspirational character in the history of Jews, fighting for his rights, against the court. Though his rights were denied in the case, he kept fighting….for his life, liberty, and freedom. The big question was if every person has a right to due process, then why didn’t he? Nobody knows even as of present day. He was thought to have been denied one of his rights in the court room, since he could not attend in fear of his safety. His safety did not matter, though, since he was killed anyways.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">An outstanding product will. <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">•showcase a work that expresses a profound idea about your event and the argument surrounding it <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Are these different poems? You need to clarify which poem or part of the poem you are analyzing. <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">•be the **best** example available, not simply the first one you find <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">•demonstrate your ability to interpret the meaning of the literary or artistic piece <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">You need to look for the meaning conveyed in the poem. Why did Sesling write the poem(s)? <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">•use the extended power paragraph format as a means to express your understanding of the event, argument, and how art literature and art can reveal emotions and ideas <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">Remember to establish your focus and response to the prompt in your first sentence. <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">•reference sources accurately <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">•mechanics are clean and effective
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">An outstanding time line entry includes the following: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Opens by identifying you, the author, and your event with a banner headline (see an example of a banner on the top of this page). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">• Under the banner, in the table place two graphics or photos that illustrates an important aspect of the event. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">• Thoughtful responses to each prompt are supported by credible sources representing diverse perspectives on the event. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">• Each response should be posted in order (follow template instructions), contain few mechanic errors and follow the power paragraph format. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;"> • The credibility of each cited source is established and internal citations accurately match the Works Cited.• TASK I and TASK II each introduce and cite two new sources; TASK III cites one new source.• The Works Cited lists 5 credible sources from the LC databases.
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