Cornell University is honoring Leo Frank, the Jewish victim of a Southern lynch mob. The school in upstate New York, Frank’s alma mater, is holding a weeklong series of events honoring Frank, the Jerusalem Post reported. Frank was arrested in Atlanta in 1913, accused of the death of a 13-year-old girl.
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