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BarbieD18 -1 points ago +2 / -3

You are incorrect. It started because of the rampant antisemitism during that time. A lynch mob broke into the jail cell of the already convicted Frank, who was given a life sentence, and he was hanged. That action validated the need for the ADL but it had already began before Frank.

https://www.adl.org/news/op-ed/a-century-later-leo-frank-tragedy-still-resonates

https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/remembering-leo-frank