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Charlottesville belies racism's deep roots in the North

  • Written by Brian J Purnell, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History, Bowdoin College
Charlottesville belies racism's deep roots in the NorthThe KKK assembled in Portland, Maine, in 1923.Library of Congress

A southern city has now become synonymous with the ongoing scourge of racism in the United States.

A year ago, white supremacists rallied to “Unite the Right” in Charlottesville, protesting the removal of a Confederate statute.

In the days that followed, two of them,...

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