/tags/charlottesville Charlottesville en-US Copyright Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:00:00 GMT /2021-10-22/a-black-museum-asks-to-melt-charlottesvilles-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. Sat, 23 Oct 2021 23:00:00 GMT /2021-10-22/a-black-museum-asks-to-melt-charlottesvilles-robert-e-lee-statue-to-create-new-art Becky Sullivan /2018-08-11/we-are-resilient-memorials-heavy-police-presence-mark-charlottesville-anniversary A year after white supremacists marched through town with tiki torches, Charlottesville residents say they wanted people to know the city "isn't a hashtag." Sat, 11 Aug 2018 15:50:00 GMT /2018-08-11/we-are-resilient-memorials-heavy-police-presence-mark-charlottesville-anniversary Jacob Pinter /2018-08-11/a-year-after-charlottesville-not-much-has-changed-for-trump President Trump's response to the Charlottesville rally drew sharp criticism from his own party, but the backlash from Republican leaders was short-lived. Sat, 11 Aug 2018 10:59:00 GMT /2018-08-11/a-year-after-charlottesville-not-much-has-changed-for-trump Ayesha Rascoe /2018-08-11/alt-right-groups-splinter-distance-from-white-supremacy "How [do] they want to represent themselves?" one expert asked. "Is it with Nazi-like symbolism or imagery or is it in polo shirts and khakis ... that could be more palatable to the American public?" Sat, 11 Aug 2018 10:02:26 GMT /2018-08-11/alt-right-groups-splinter-distance-from-white-supremacy Kirk Siegler, Amita Kelly /2018-07-06/suspect-in-charlottesville-car-attack-pleads-not-guilty-to-hate-crimes-charges James Alex Fields Jr., accused of driving through a crowd of counterprotesters and killing one of them, told the judge that he had been treated for a range of mental health issues. Fri, 06 Jul 2018 16:19:00 GMT /2018-07-06/suspect-in-charlottesville-car-attack-pleads-not-guilty-to-hate-crimes-charges Amy Held /2018-06-27/federal-hate-crime-charges-for-driver-at-charlottesville-white-nationalist-rally Prosecutors say James A. Fields Jr. targeted counterprotesters for their race, color, religion and national origin when he plowed his car into them last year, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer. Wed, 27 Jun 2018 21:31:11 GMT /2018-06-27/federal-hate-crime-charges-for-driver-at-charlottesville-white-nationalist-rally Amy Held /2017-10-17/in-speech-sen-mccain-decries-half-baked-spurious-nationalism Following his acceptance of the Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, John McCain said U.S. abandonment of global leadership is "unpatriotic." Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:20:00 GMT /2017-10-17/in-speech-sen-mccain-decries-half-baked-spurious-nationalism Scott Neuman /commentaries/2017-09-18/commentary-what-dallas-really-needs-now-that-the-robert-e-lee-statue-is-gone After more than 80 years in the park in Dallas that bears his name, the city has removed a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. A city task force… Mon, 18 Sep 2017 12:20:00 GMT /commentaries/2017-09-18/commentary-what-dallas-really-needs-now-that-the-robert-e-lee-statue-is-gone William Holston /2017-09-14/president-trump-stands-by-original-charlottesville-remarks The president was heavily criticized when he said counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Va., were to blame right along with white supremacists. Now he says more people are seeing it his way. Thu, 14 Sep 2017 22:42:00 GMT /2017-09-14/president-trump-stands-by-original-charlottesville-remarks Tamara Keith /texas-news/2017-09-11/miss-texas-margana-wood-criticizes-trump-on-charlottesville-at-miss-america-pageant Margana Wood, who represented Texas at the Miss America 2018 pageant, didn’t get the crown Sunday night in Atlantic City, but she was getting countless… Mon, 11 Sep 2017 16:41:20 GMT /texas-news/2017-09-11/miss-texas-margana-wood-criticizes-trump-on-charlottesville-at-miss-america-pageant