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23 hours ago · As the August 2017 rally approached, Charlottesville officials tried to revoke a permit Kessler had obtained from the city in June to hold the event at the Robert E. Lee statue that once stood in Emancipation Park.
May 14, 2024 · Robert E. Lee Park became Emancipation Park; Stonewall Jackson Park became Justice Park. What happened next was an orgy of racism and violence that stunned most Americans.
3 days ago · Slavery in Virginia began with the capture and enslavement of Native Americans during the early days of the English Colony of Virginia and through the late eighteenth century. They primarily worked in tobacco fields.
May 3, 2024 · By October, citizens began circulating petitions related to slavery. About forty in all, signed by approximately 2,000 Virginians, mostly men, were submitted to the House of Delegates. Several called for the gradual emancipation of enslaved people, some for colonization.
May 14, 2024 · In Virginia, though, the political valence of the act is especially sharp. ... Robert E. Lee Park became Emancipation Park; Stonewall Jackson Park became Justice Park.
May 15, 2024 · A federal judge on Friday granted an injunction allowing the far-right Unite the Right rally to be held in Emancipation Park in the shadow of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
May 8, 2024 · Of many iconic photographs to come out of the Aug. 12 rally of Nazi and white supremacist organizations at Emancipation Park were photos of a line of militia members in military outfits armed...
