History of the United States II / Unit 17 USH2 2451 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Charlottesville
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The idea
In August two thousand seventeen white supremacist groups held the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, which began as a protest against removing Confederate monuments.
In practice
One supremacist driving his car into counter-protesters, murdering Heather Heyer and injuring at least nineteen people.
Where people slip
The Yawp notes that Democratic-leaning southern towns and cities later pulled down their Confederate iconography.
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