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Summer of hate : Charlosttesville, USA /

In August 2017, violence erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, during two days of demonstrations by white supremacists, neo-Nazis and counterprotestors, including members of antifa and Black Lives Matter. Ostensibly motivated by the city's plans to remove Confederate statues from two public par...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spencer, Hawes (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Unite the Right Rally > (2017 : > Charlottesville (Va.)
African Americans > Civil rights > Virginia > History.
Riots > Virginia > Charlottesville > 21st century.
Charlottesville (Va.) > Race relations.
Albemarle County (Va.) > Race relations.
Racism > Virginia > Charlottesville > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Charlottesville
  • What happened on Fourth Street
  • The University that felt invaded
  • The seeds of resentment
  • The move to remove statues
  • The problems of throwing punches
  • Michael Signer and a "capital of the resistance"
  • Richard Spencer and forays into Charlottesville
  • A president who wouldn't comfort
  • The ACLU and the limits of free speech
  • The long shadow of slavery
  • The militias and their weapons
  • The indelibility of images
  • The failure to keep the peace
  • Naming and shaming
  • Aftermath and healing.