The Leo Frank Case had a major impact on Georgia history. It was a highly publicized trial that resulted in the conviction of Leo Frank, a Jewish man, for the murder of a 13-year-old girl, Mary Phagan. The case sparked a wave of anti-Semitism in the state and led to the formation of the second Ku Klux Klan in 1915. It also highlighted the deep racial and religious divisions in the state and the South as a whole. The case also led to the passage of the Georgia Anti-Lynching Law in 1917, which was the first of its kind in the United States.
