Schools in Charlottesville, Virginia, remained closed for a second consecutive d...
FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators hold hands at the site where Heather Heyer was killed, on the one year anniversary of 2017 Charlottesville"Unite the Right" protests, in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S., August 12, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
City leaders have worked to ease racial tensions in the city since a white nationalist rally in August 2017 descended into violence, with a white nationalist killing a counter-protester and injuring others after he drove into a crowd. School officials then quickly decided to close all schools in the city. According to U.S Census Bureau data, African Americans make up around 19 percent of Charlottesville’s population of nearly 50,000 people.
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