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• Jewish Museum of Florida
  301 Washington Ave.
  Miami Beach, FL 33139
• http://www.jewishmuseum.com

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In 1915, in Atlanta, GA, Leo Frank became the only Jew ever lynched in America. His trial, murder, and the aftermath are the subject of a powerful exhibition created and circulated by The Breman Jewish Museum in Atlanta, GA. The exhibition recounts the racially charged and tragic events surrounding the 1913 murder of thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan, a white Christian girl, and the lynching of Leo Frank two years later. While not drawing conclusions, Seeking Justice presents evidence about Frank, the Jewish factory supervisor found guilty of murder. After being sentenced to life in prison, Frank was kidnapped from his cell and lynched by prominent citizens of Marietta, Georgia; through Aug. 14

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