245: The Battle for Charlottesville's Soul: One Year Later, A Community Looks Back

BackStory

History, Education

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

On August 11 & 12, 2017, a “Unite the Right” rally brought chaos, violence and death to the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia. To mark the anniversary, BackStory broadcasts an episode of “A12,” a new podcast series presented by historian, writer and podcaster Nicole Hemmer.
“A12” looks at the legacy of August 12th in Charlottesville and beyond. In it Hemmer, who witnessed the rally and attack, brings together city leaders, activists, scholars, and witnesses to make sense of all the forces surrounding the events. It’s a sprawling story, covering everything from Confederate statues to white nationalists to questions of policing and law. But it’s also an intimate one: a story of trauma, loss and healing.
“A12,” a six-episode series, releases in full on Aug. 6.

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0:00.0	Major funding for backstory is provided by an anonymous donor, the National Endowment
0:06.0	for the Humanities, and the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.
0:13.4	From Virginia Humanities, this is backstory.
0:21.6	Welcome to backstory, the show that explains the history behind today's headlines.
0:26.4	I'm Brian Ballow.
0:28.2	Each week, backstory explores American history from our studios in Charlottesville, Virginia.
0:33.7	A year ago, August 12, history exploded on our doorstep.
0:39.3	Charlottesville is thrust into the headlines around the world when the United Right Rally
0:43.8	led to widespread disorder, public beatings, and the tragic death of counter-protester Heather
0:50.0	Hire.
0:51.0	A year ago, we devoted our backstory episode to an extended conversation between Ed, Joanne,
0:57.2	Nathan and myself about how to make sense of the events which had happened right outside
1:02.0	our door and how our history had informed these events.
1:06.6	Charlottesville has had one year to start to come to terms with what happened here.
1:11.4	Today, on backstory, we'll be broadcasting part of an episode of a new podcast series,
1:16.3	A12, created by Nikki Hemmer.
1:19.6	She's an assistant professor at the Miller Center and co-presenter of the podcast, Past,
1:25.8	Present.
1:26.8	Nikki, welcome to backstory.
1:29.1	I'm delighted to be here.
1:30.4	Thank you so much for having me.
1:31.8	Tell me a little bit about the series, how many episodes?
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