Charlottesville

Portraits of 19th C. Black Charlottesville Show Life, Joy

The University of Virginia has begun to acknowledge the labors of enslaved people who built the campus. John Edwin Mason is curating an exhibition of photographs commissioned by Black Charlottesvillians showing how they saw themselves. 

American Antisemitism and Nationalism in the Charlottesville Verdict

by Victoria Saker Woeste

The awarding of $25 million in damages from the organizers of the Unite the Right rally to nine people injured in the violence are not enough of a penalty to stop the political mobilization of antisemitism in the new white nationalist coalition.

Lipstadt "Taken Aback" by Antisemitic Symbols at Charlottesville

Deborah Lipstadt's testimony featured discussion of the historical content of antisemitism; her cross examination by defendant Christopher Caldwell included crass questions about Holocaust jokes.

Charlottesville Civil Trial Brings Deborah Lipstadt into Court Against Hate Again

In a 48-page report she prepared for the trial, Lipstadt wrote that “this fear of active replacement by the Jew, derived directly from the historical underpinnings of antisemitism, is a central feature of contemporary antisemitism.”

Charlottesville Removes Robert E. Lee Statue at Center of White Nationalist Rally

“I’m really happy it’s a boring morning, and boring means that no bad things happened,” says UVA historian John Edwin Mason.

A Closer Look at the Design and Details of the New Memorial to Enslaved Laborers

"We know so much about Jefferson – we even know what he ate on July 3, 1803 – but he and all those at UVA were surrounded for over 65 years by a community of more than 4,000 people that we know little about."

Charlottesville Inspired Biden to Run. Now It Has a Message for Him

People who lived through the 2017 white supremacist invasion of Charlottesville warn that there can't be any unity without accountability. 

The Striking Parallels Between the Assaults on Charlottesville and the Capitol

by Nicole Hemmer

The right's defense of their violent "Unite the Right" attack on Charlottesville was a precursor to their strategy in the wake of the Capitol riot: blame the left to convert riots into patriotic Americans. 

The History That James Baldwin Wanted America to See

by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.

"In his reflections on King, Baldwin wrote that we were witnessing the death of segregation, and that the question was how long and how expensive the funeral would be. If only he knew."

A stolen slave auction plaque shook Charlottesville. But the confession was the real shock.

“This is called reparations, as far as I’m concerned,” he said when asked if he was willing to go to jail.

How Charlottesville’s Echoes Forced New Zealand to Confront Its History

A Maori man attacked a statue to raise awareness of his ancestors’ pain. A newspaper covered the story, and a very important reader took action: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Charlottesville’s Complicated Relationship With Thomas Jefferson

Council’s vote to stop celebrating Founding Father’s birthday is latest twist

Judge Rules Charlottesville’s Confederate Statues Are War Monuments

But the legal fight to remove the city’s statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson may not be over.

Charlottesville belies racism’s deep roots in the North

by Brian J Purnell and Jeanne Theoharis

A southern city has now become synonymous with the ongoing scourge of racism in the United States. Such a one-sided view misses how entrenched, widespread and multi-various racism is and has been across the country.

How Confederate history looks in the shadow of Charlottesville

by Manisha Sinha

This was not the first time white supremacists had wrought havoc in the country.

Confederate statues stored in secret locations

"You have some people who are very upset and you know this needs to be something that's under wraps right now."

A UVa Historian Talks About Charlottesville’s White-Supremacist Rally a Year Later

Claudrena Harold discusses the difficult conversations she’s had with students and colleagues at the University of Virginia. “These events tested their faith,” she says.

One Year After Charlottesville I Still Can’t Understand Why Donald Trump Equated the Protesters with Neo-Nazis

by Don C. Smith

The author’s father helped liberate prisoners at a Nazi concentration camp.

What the People Who “Want Their Country Back” Forget

by Ed Simon

The reality is there is no singular “blood” in our soil, for our soil has always belonged to the blood of women and men of all lands.

In new book, UChicago historian examines rise of white power movement

Assistant Professor Kathleen Belew traces birth of hate groups to Vietnam War.