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Tag: Heather Heyer
News Roundup
Charlottesville City Council Votes Again to Remove Confederate Statues
The Charlottesville city council voted to remove Confederate statues from public parks nearly four years after the Unite the Right white supremacist rally divided the Virginia city, The Daily Beast reported. The two statues – one of Robert E. Lee and one of Stonewall Jackson – were originally voted to be removed 2017, but the […]
June 8, 2021
Students
Yes Virginia, There is a Choice
Like many other students of color who receive messages that they’re not good enough, I had resigned myself to believing that I was either unready or unprepared for college. As a first-generation student, I couldn’t rely on legacy status to give me a leg up in the admissions process and my family certainly couldn’t rely on making donations to athletic booster clubs or local alumni groups.
April 16, 2019
Opinion
The Reality of Meeting Hate Speech with “More Speech”
On the one year anniversary of the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, it seemed important to reflect on how we, as concerned citizens, can and have responded to the continued existence of hate in our communities.
September 19, 2018
News Roundup
White Nationalist Agrees to Discourage Paramilitary Activity
RICHMOND, Va.  — An organizer of a White nationalist rally that erupted in violence in Virginia last summer has agreed to “actively discourage” armed paramilitary activity at any future rallies in Charlottesville, under an agreement filed in court Thursday. The consent decree signed by Jason Kessler resolves a lawsuit brought on behalf of the city […]
July 12, 2018
Leadership & Policy
University of Florida Denies White Nationalists’ Event Request
University of Florida President W. Kent Fuchs said that he weighed the First Amendment rights of White nationalists against the risk to the safety of his students in denying a request by the group to rent space on campus for an event.
August 16, 2017
Opinion
Charlottesville Evokes Memories of the Sixties
I am a product of the 1960s and grew up in a Southern city. Segregation, separate but equal, we sat upstairs and they sat downstairs at the movies all happened during my early years. However, it didn’t stop us from believing and achieving.
August 16, 2017
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