Topic: Leo Frank
In 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court heard 78 cases on issues including terroris?m, water rights, firearms and immigration . The murder case of former Heisman Trophy winner and star NFL fullback O.J. Simpson captivated U.S. audiences for months. It ...
The class struggle behind the story of his 1915 lynching remains tragically relevant.On 17 August 1915, Leo Frank, a Cornell-educated Jewish industrialist, was lynched in suburban Atlanta. The atrocity marked the culmination of a horrible conflict, which began in 1913 with ...
a century-old crime in a proud Southern city and the awful aftermathIt's a century-old miscarriage of justice that still haunts anyone who knows of it, and will surely disturb viewers introduced to this tragedy in " EDT.In a rich blend of ...
Today in HistoryToday is Monday, Aug. 17, the 229th day of 2009. In 1807, Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat began heading up the Hudson River on its successful round-trip between New York and Albany.In 1863, federal batteries and ships began ...
