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This image released by Madeline Michel shows Monticello Drama director Michel, foreground left, on stage with Monticello High School students in Charlottesville, Va. Michel will be the recipient of the 2019 Excellence in Theatre Education Award on June 9 at the Tony Awards in New York City. (Madeline Michel via AP)

Charlottesville drama teacher to get special Tony Award

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

In this Aug. 6, 2018, file photo, a visitor eats lunch in front of a statue of Robert E. Lee that is surrounded by fencing and a No Trespassing sign in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Judge: Charlottesville Confederate statues are protected

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White nationalist protesters clash with counterprotesters at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12, 2017. Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency and police in riot gear ordered people to disperse after the chaotic violent clashes. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Thomas Walter Gillen pleads guilty to role in Charlottesville clashes

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Alexander Phimister Proctor's statue of Robert E. Lee is shown in this file photo. (Ashley Landis/The Dallas Morning News via AP) **FILE**

Donald Trump defends ‘very fine people’ remarks about 2017 Charlottesville protests

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Gold star father who criticized Trump to speak at graduation

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Ty Jerome and other members of the Virginia basketball team are welcomed by fans as they return home after their win of the championship in the Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament against Texas Tech, in Charlottesville, Va., Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Once marred by racist rally, Charlottesville revels in win

By ALAN SUDERMAN - Associated Press

Winners of the 2018 Virginias AP Broadcasters contest named

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FILE - This June 14, 2012, file photo shows James Hart Stern, of Jackson, Miss., at a news conference in Jackson, Miss. The activist who says he took control over one of the nation's largest neo-Nazi groups has been barred from participating on the group's behalf in a federal lawsuit over the violence that erupted at a white nationalist rally in Virginia. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

James Hart Stern, black activist, can’t represent National Socialist Movement in case, judge rules

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This undated file photo provided by the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail shows James Alex Fields Jr. Fields who was convicted in a deadly car attack on a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia is expected to change his plea to federal hate crime charges. An online court docket updated late Tuesday, March 26, 2019, says Fields is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Charlottesville on Wednesday for a change-of-plea hearing. (Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail via AP) **FILE**

James Alex Fields Jr., Charlottesville car attacker, pleads guilty in federal court

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Charlottesville Police Chief RaShall Brackney, right, looks on as Charlottesville City Schools Superintendent Dr. Rosa Atkins, left, speaks during a press conference at the Charlottesville Police Department, Friday, March 22, 2019 in Charlottesville, Va. A 17-year-old boy was charged Friday with making online threats of &quot;ethnic cleansing&quot; against black and Hispanic students at the public high school in Charlottesville, Virginia, a city that was the site of a deadly white nationalist rally in 2017. (Andrew Shurtleff/The Daily Progress via AP)

Teen charged with making racist threats in Charlottesville

By BEN FINLEY - Associated Press

(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Slack purges 28 accounts from chat platform over ties to hate groups

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

UVA to boost wages to $15 an hour for 1,400 workers

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In this Feb. 27, 2018, file photo, Jason Kessler walks through a crowd of protesters in front of the Charlottesville Circuit Courthouse ahead of a decision regarding the covered Confederate statues, during a rally in Charlottesville, Va. (Zack Wajsgras/The Daily Progress via AP)

Jason Kessler, ‘Unite the Right’ organizer, drops free-speech suit against Charlottesville, police

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE-In this Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011 fule photo, Jeff Schoep, second right in business suit, commander of the National Socialist Movement, leave under police protection after a rally against illegal immigration in Pomona, Calif. One of the largest and oldest neo-Nazi groups in the U.S. appears to have an unlikely new leader: James Stern, a black activist who has vowed to dismantle it. Michigan corporate records indicate Stern replaced Jeff Schoep as the Detroit-based group's leader in January. Stern and Schoep didn't respond to requests for comment. (Thomas R. Cordova/The Orange County Register via AP)

Neo-Nazi group’s leader is black man who vows to dissolve it

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

Charlottesville ahead of the curve on bail reform

By DANIEL BERTI - Associated Press

In this Aug. 12, 2017, file photo, people fly into the air as a vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. (Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress via AP, File)/The Daily Progress via AP)

Federal judge refuses to quash subpoenas seeking internet records in ‘Unite the Right’ suit

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

This Aug. 17, 2017 file photo shows, The Children of the Confederacy Creed plaque at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Thursday August 17, 2017. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

Texas board votes to remove Children of the Confederacy Creed plaque from state capitol

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Susan Bro, center, mother of Heather Heyer, is escorted down the steps of the courthouse after a guilty verdict was reached in the trial of James Alex Fields Jr., Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, at Charlottesville General district court in Charlottesville, Va. Fields was convicted of first degree murder in the death of Heather Heyer as well as nine other counts during a &quot;Unite the Right&quot; rally in Charlottesville . (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

The Latest: No sentence yet for man who rammed protesters

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This undated file photo provided by the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail shows James Alex Fields Jr. (Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail via AP, File)

The Latest: Charlottesville hopes verdict will help healing

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This undated file photo provided by the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail shows James Alex Fields Jr. (Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail via AP, File)

The Latest: Lawyer says man drove into crowd out of fear

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