Beyond Charlottesville: Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism Audiobook (Free)
- Lamarr Gulley, Terry Mcauliffe
- 5 h 22 min
- Macmillan Audio
- 2019-07-30
Summary:
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The program is read by the author.
The former governor of Virginia tells the behind-the-scenes story of the violent “Unite the proper” rally in Charlottesville-and shows how we can prevent other Charlottesvilles from occurring.
When Governor Terry McAuliffe hung up the telephone on the afternoon from the violent “Unite the proper” rally in Charlottesville, he was sure Donald Trump would do the right thing as president: condemn the white supremacists who’d approximately Beyond Charlottesville: Going for a Stand Against White Nationalism descended in the college town and who’d caused McAuliffe to declare a state of emergency that morning hours. He didn’t. Instead Trump declared there was “hatred, bigotry and assault on many edges.” Trump was condemned from many sides himself, also by many Republicans, however the damage was done. He’d excused and therefore egged on the terrorists at the moment when he could have stopped them within their tracks.
In Beyond Charlottesville, McAuliffe looks at the forces and events that resulted in the tragedy in Charlottesville, like the vicious murder of Heather Heyer as well as the loss of life of two state troopers within a helicopter accident. He doesn’t whitewash Virginia background and discusses a KKK protest over the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. He takes a hard real-time behind-the-scenes go through the actions of everybody on that fateful August 12, including himself, to see what might have been done. He lays out what was carried out afterwards to prevent future Charlottesvilles-and what still must be achieved as America generally and Virginia in particular continue steadily to grapple with their history of racism.
Beyond Charlottesville will be the definitive accounts of an infamous chapter in our background, seared indelibly into memory, sure to be cited for a long time as an essential reference stage in the long struggle to battle racism, extremism and hate.
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