Leo Frank
Kingsley WIlson was recently appointed as deputy press secretary at the Pentagon. (X)
March 5, 2025, 1:40 pm
Pentagon official posted neo-Nazi talking point about Jewish lynching victim Leo Frank last year
The Frank post is one of several times Kingsley Wilson’s tweets have used the same language as antisemitic conspiracy theories.
By Ben Sales
Memorial marker for Leo Frank (Photo by Jrryjude, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
August 21, 2023, 2:46 pm
X briefly allows anti-Leo Frank ‘community note’ as antisemitism flares
The note was appended to tweets by the Anti-Defamation League and its CEO.
By Philissa Cramer
The Jacobs Theatre, where "Parade" is now being staged. )Andreas Praefcke, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
February 22, 2023, 9:23 am
Neo-Nazis rally outside Broadway preview of ‘Parade,’ about an antisemitic murder
Star Ben Platt said protests underscored need for the show
By Philissa Cramer
Ben Platt attends an event at 92Y in New York City, May 9, 2022. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
May 19, 2022, 9:47 am
Ben Platt to play Jewish lynching victim Leo Frank in a revival of Broadway musical ‘Parade’
Numerous elements of Frank's trial had antisemitic connotations, including the fact that one jury member was overheard saying, “I’ll hang that Jew for sure.”
By Andrew Lapin
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