The street where Heather Heyer was killed during the Nazi rally in 2017 has been renamed to Heather Heyer Way. Residents in Charlottesville say that day still leaves an impact on the town. Deepa Shivaram/NPR hide caption
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Foundry workers at an undisclosed location begin the long process of disassembling and melting down the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The statue was a focal point of deadly riots in Charlottesville, Va. in 2017. Eze Amos/For Swords into Plowshares hide caption
Confederate monument melted down to create new, more inclusive public art
During a special emergency meeting, the Charlottesville City Council unanimously voted to remove another a statue of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Shoshone interpreter Sacagawea. City of Charlottesville hide caption
Workers remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Market Street Park on Saturday in Charlottesville, Va. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Charlottesville Removes Robert E. Lee Statue That Sparked A Deadly Rally
A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is shown in Market Street Park July 9, 2021 in Charlottesville, Va. The statute, along with another of Gen. Stonewall Jackson, will be removed Saturday. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
A photo on the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity yearbook page from 1972 shows someone wearing blackface for a costume. Courtesy of Abby Clukey hide caption
U.Va. Students Investigate Their Yearbook's Racist History — Starting With Its Title
On Tuesday, jurors sentenced James Alex Fields Jr. to 419 years plus life and roughly half a million dollars in fines. A judge will hold a separate hearing on March 29. Eze Amos/AP hide caption
Charlottesville Jury Recommends 419 Years Plus Life For Neo-Nazi Who Killed Protester
Prosecutors and a local TV station identified Jeffrey Winder as the man who threw a punch at Jason Kessler, organizer of the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
President Donald Trump condemned neo-Nazis and white supremacists in remarks about the Charlottesville, Va. rally at the White House on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. He later undercut these remarks by blaming "both sides" for the violence at the rally. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
A Year After Charlottesville, Not Much Has Changed For Trump
James Alex Fields Jr. stands on the sidewalk ahead of a rally in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12, 2017. He is accused of ramming his car into a crowd of counterprotesters later that day, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer. Eze Amos/AP hide caption
James Alex Fields Jr. stands on the sidewalk ahead of a rally in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12, 2017. Later that day he is accused on ramming his car into a crowd of counterprotesters, killing Heather Heyer. On Wednesday he was charged with federal hate crimes. Eze Amos/AP hide caption
Sometimes it can feel like there is a terrorist attack on the news every other week. But how much attention an attack receives has a lot to do with one factor: the religion of the perpetrator. David McNew /AFP/Getty Images David McNew/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The shroud that had obscured the Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Va.'s, Emancipation Park since August was removed Wednesday morning. A judge ruled the shroud, as well as one over a Stonewall Jackson monument in a second park, was obstructing the right of the public to view the memorials. Hawes Spencer/WCVE hide caption
The NPR Top Political Story of the Year Bracket after Round 2 voting. Domenico Montanaro/NPR hide caption
This photo provided by Charlottesville, Va., authorities shows James Fields Jr., who on Thursday had the most serious charge against him upgraded to first-degree murder in the death of a woman at a Unite the Right rally. AP hide caption
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., receives the Liberty Medal from former Vice President Joe Biden, chairman of the National Constitution Center's Board of Trustees, in Philadelphia on Monday. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
The upstairs porch of Anne Blessing's home in Charleston, S.C., has been a stop on a popular historic home tour. For the first time, visitors will tour the kitchen where enslaved people once spent most of their lives toiling over hot fires. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption
Looking 'Beyond The Big House' And Into The Lives Of Slaves
How President Trump's Rhetoric Is Changing The Way Americans Talk
Chants of "White lives matter!" "You will not replace us!" and "Jews will not replace us!" rang out on Aug. 11 as several hundred white nationalists and supremacists carried torches through the University of Virginia. Evelyn Hockstein/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk across the tarmac before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport Sunday to return to Washington. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption