Leo Frank Remembered

I have waited twenty years for this piece of history to be flagged once again for contemporary history.

This 11-minute clip tells the story.

The Broadway musical “Parade” is a retelling of the story of Leo Frank, a Jewish man from Atlanta, falsely accused and sentenced to the death penalty for the killing of a 13-year-old girl in 1913. Two years later, he was exonerated and lynched.

Steve Oney has studied the event since the early 1980s, met several people who attended the lynching and wrote the acclaimed book “And the Dead Shall Rise.” He joins host Robin Young.

GPB Political Rewind

Friday on Political Rewind: Last Sunday, the musical "Parade" won the Tony for Best Revival of a Musical. Written by Atlanta native Alfred Uhry, "Parade" documents the 1915 lynching of Leo Frank. Host Bill Nigut welcomes Alfred Uhry, Rabbi Alvin Sugarman, and author Steve Oney to tell Leo Frank's story.