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News Articles: charlottesville

The campus of the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville in 2018.

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Three dead, gunman still at large in University of Virginia shooting

The University of Virginia is in lockdown as law enforcement officers search the campus for a suspected gunman.

November 14, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie and
  • Emily Olson
Charlottesville activist Don Gathers reflects on five years since white supremacists terrorized his hometown — "all the hatefulness and evilness that transpired here."

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  • National

The Charlottesville rally 5 years later: 'It's what you're still trying to forget'

The rally by white supremacists protesting the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee left one counter-protester dead and several injured.

August 12, 2022
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By:
  • Debbie Elliott
Workers remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va., in July. Initial plans to remove the statue four years ago sparked the infamous Unite the Right rally where 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed.

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  • National

Charlottesville's statue of Robert E. Lee will soon be melted down into public art

The Swords Into Plowshares project, led by the Jefferson School American Heritage Center, a local Black-led nonprofit, involves the statute at the heart of the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017.

December 07, 2021
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Workers remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Market Street Park in Charlottesville, Va., in July. Initial plans to remove the statue four years ago sparked the infamous "Unite the Right" rally at which 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed.

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  • Arts & Life

A Black museum asks to melt Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue to create new art

In 2017, debate over Charlottesville's Robert E. Lee statue sparked a violent neo-Nazi rally that left a woman dead. Now, a Black cultural center wants to melt it down and turn it into public art.

October 22, 2021
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
A Georgia State Patrol officer was one of 700 public safety personnel in Newnan on April 21. Law enforcement vastly outnumbered demonstrators.

The Costs Of Free Speech

In April three dozen members of a neo-Nazi group rallied in Newnan, south of Atlanta. Hundreds showed up to counter protest. Police report no one was...

June 04, 2018
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By:
  • Emily Cureton

On Second Thought For Wednesday, April 25, 2018

For Mark Sanchez, being a peach grower means "you pretty much stay worried all year. That's because for peaches to bloom in the spring, peach trees have...

April 25, 2018
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By:
  • Sean Powers ,
  • Leighton Rowell ,
  • and 5 more

On Second Thought For Thursday, December 28, 2017

Mass shootings, volatile protests and major policy changes. Hurricane, after hurricane, after hurricane. And a solar eclipse that brought us together...

December 28, 2017
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee ,
  • Emily Cureton ,
  • and 2 more
Wesley Lowery of The Washington Post speaks after winning the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. He and his colleagues received the honor for creating and using a national database to illustrate police shootings.

Journalist Wesley Lowery On Reporting America's Unrest

Three years ago, Ferguson, Missouri, exploded into national headlines when an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, was shot and killed by the police....

August 31, 2017
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Sean Powers
This image provided by the Monroe County Ga., Sheriff's Office shows Alex Michael Ramos, who turned himself Monday evening,, Aug. 28, 2017, in Monroe County, Ga.

Georgia Man Charged In Charlottesville Beating Arrested

A man charged in connection with the beating of a black man in Charlottesville, Virginia, on the day of a white nationalist rally has been arrested,...

August 29, 2017
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  • Associated Press
President Donald Trump reaching into his suit jacket to read a quote he made on Saturday regarding the events in Charlottesville, Va., as he speaks to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017.

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  • Politics

Trump Shifts Again On Charlottesville Violence

Today on “Political Rewind” we look at the fallout over the past five days from the violent confrontations in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend.

August 16, 2017
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By:
  • Bill Nigut
Members of the KKK are escorted by police past a large group of protesters during a KKK rally Saturday, July 8, 2017, in Charlottesville, Va.

The Radicalization Of Young White Men

Rallies in Charlottesville over the weekend brought together many factions of the white supremacist movement, and put a younger generation of white...

August 16, 2017
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Sean Powers
Protesters march down Peachtree Street in Atlanta, on the way to Piedmont Park.

Protesters March Through Atlanta, Deface Statue

Hundreds marched through Atlanta Sunday night, in a second day of protests against deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Some protesters also...

August 14, 2017
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
In this Nov. 17, 2014 file photo, Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., speaks at the state Capitol in Atlanta.

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  • Politics

How Does Johnny Isakson Navigate Trump's Washington?

Georgia's senior U.S. senator Johnny Isakson joins us in the studio.

August 14, 2017
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By:
  • Bill Nigut

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