Parade

Document Type

Lecture

Publication Date

2-11-2025

Abstract

The musical Parade is a gripping dramatization of a real event from the early 1900s in Georgia -- the imprisonment and eventual lynching of Leo Frank, who happened to be a Jew. The lecture will discuss the history of bigotry and antisemitism in America, the Frank case and court trial as well as other similar trials, and some interesting items to keep an eye on during the performance. Jewish factory manager Leo Frank, who was accused and convicted of raping and murdering a thirteen-year-old employee, Mary Phagan, aroused antisemitic tensions in Atlanta and the U.S. state of Georgia. When Frank's death sentence was commuted to life in prison by the departing Governor of Georgia, John M. Slaton, in 1915 due to his detailed review of over 10,000 pages of testimony and possible problems with the trial, Leo Frank was transferred to a prison in Milledgeville, Georgia, where a lynching party seized and kidnapped him. Frank was taken to Phagan's hometown of Marietta, Georgia, and he was hanged from an oak tree. Dr. Robert Watson discussion will tell the story behind the musical that dramatizes the 1913 trial.

Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Time: 4-6 pm
Location: Alvin Sherman Library: Second Floor, Cotilla Gallery, Nova Southeastern University

Host

Nova Southeastern University

City/State

Davie, FL

Department

College of Arts and Sciences

Comments

Parade was performed by the Slow Burn Theatre at the Broward Center February 8 - February 23, 2025.  

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