Jul 2, 2019

Charlottesville ends Thomas Jefferson's birthday to highlight emancipation

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This image shows a crowd of torch-carrying people surrounding a statue of Thomas Jefferson at night.

Self-avowed white supremacists encircle counterprotestors at Thomas Jefferson's statue at the University of Virginia on August 11, 2017. Photo: Shay Horse/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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