Beyond Charlottesville: Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism
ISBN10: 1250245885
ISBN13: 9781250245885
Hardcover
192 Pages
$24.99
CA$33.99
When Governor Terry McAuliffe hung up the phone on the afternoon of the violent “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, he was sure Donald Trump would do the right thing as president: condemn the white supremacists who’d descended on the college town and who’d caused McAuliffe to declare a state of emergency that morning. He didn’t. Instead Trump declared there was “hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides.” Trump was condemned from many sides himself, even by many Republicans, but the damage was done. He’d excused and thus egged on the terrorists at the moment when he could have stopped them in their tracks.
In Beyond Charlottesville, McAuliffe looks at the forces and events that led to the tragedy in Charlottesville, including the vicious murder of Heather Heyer and the death of two state troopers in a helicopter accident. He doesn’t whitewash Virginia history and discusses a KKK protest over the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. He takes a hard real-time behind-the-scenes look at the actions of everyone on that fateful August 12, including himself, to see what could have been done. He lays out what was done afterwards to prevent future Charlottesvilles—and what still needs to be done as America in general and Virginia in particular continue to grapple with their history of racism.
Beyond Charlottesville will be the definitive account of an infamous chapter in our history, seared indelibly into memory, sure to be cited for years as a crucial reference point in the long struggle to fight racism, extremism and hate.
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Praise for Beyond Charlottesville: Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism
"The story of Charlottesville needs to be told again and again, as in this powerful, important book from Terry McAuliffe, which I can't recommend highly enough. It is a must for all of us to stay engaged, so that the lessons of that dark day for America can never be forgotten and can always serve to educate and inform."—Congressman John Lewis
"A straightforward mix of inspiration and concrete action items for fighting white supremacy."—Kirkus Reviews
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CHAPTER 1
A Virginian by Choice
People go into politics for a lot of different reasons. I’ve pretty much seen it all since 1979 when I went to work on Jimmy Carter’s presidential reelection campaign. For me politics was...