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The '''Anti-Defamation League''' (or '''ADL''') of B'nai B'rith is an organization that fights ] and bigotry. It was founded in 1918 in response to the lynching of Leo Frank in Georgia on a trumped up murder charge of killing Mary Phagan. Ironically, the Frank case, which eventually led to teh estabishment of the Anti-Defamation League, also resulted in the revival of the ], then known as the Knights of Mary Phagan. The '''Anti-Defamation League''' (or '''ADL''') of B'nai B'rith is an organization that fights ] and bigotry. It was founded in 1918 in response to the lynching of Leo Frank in Georgia on a trumped up murder charge of killing Mary Phagan. Ironically, the Frank case, which eventually led to the establishment of the Anti-Defamation League, also resulted in the revival of the ], then known as the Knights of Mary Phagan.


The ADL now has 29 offices domestically and 3 offices abroad. It spends over $40 million a year to combat discrimination against Jewish-Americans. The ADL now has 29 offices domestically and 3 offices abroad. It spends over $40 million a year to combat discrimination against Jewish-Americans.

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The Anti-Defamation League (or ADL) of B'nai B'rith is an organization that fights anti-Semitism and bigotry. It was founded in 1918 in response to the lynching of Leo Frank in Georgia on a trumped up murder charge of killing Mary Phagan. Ironically, the Frank case, which eventually led to the establishment of the Anti-Defamation League, also resulted in the revival of the Ku Klux Klan, then known as the Knights of Mary Phagan.

The ADL now has 29 offices domestically and 3 offices abroad. It spends over $40 million a year to combat discrimination against Jewish-Americans.

Although the Anti-Defamation League has not worked together with Arab-American and Muslim-American civil rights group (owing to disagreement concerning the Israeli-Palestine conflict), the Anti-Defamation League has on numerous occassions publicly condemned slurs against Islam. Nevertheless, some have criticized the Anti-Defamation League for allegedly suppressing free speech and the right of ethnic minorities to defend themselves from bigotry (including Black Muslims and Arabs).