Steve Oney discusses his book, “And the Dead Shall Rise.” He begins by explaining that the book is an analysis of the 1913 lynching of Leo Frank. Frank, a Jewish manager of a factory in Atlanta, Georgia was charged with the murder of thirteen-year-old factory worker, Mary Phagan. During the trial the prosecution used Frank’s religion and ethnicity to smear his character. At the end of a two-year trial, that captured worldwide attention, Frank was convicted of the murder and sentenced to death, which the governor commuted to life imprisonment. Outraged by the governor’s decision a group of locals from Mary Phagan’s hometown formed a mob and viciously lynched Frank. Oney goes on to discuss the part that New York newspapers played in publicizing the trial and the complex role that racism played in Frank’s conviction.
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