Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis, KKK and members of the “alt-right” hurl water bottles back and forth against counter demonstrators on the outskirts of Emancipation Park during the Unite the Right rally Aug. 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Va.
By The Exchange, NH Public Radio, Aug 10, 2018.
One year after a white nationalist rally turned deadly in Virginia, we sit down with Granite Staters who watch these movements and reflect on the state of civil discourse in our state and our country.
GUEST SPEAKERS:
- JerriAnne Boggis, Executive Director of the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, a non-profit that focuses on the state’s African-American history.
- Reverend Eric Jackson, Pastor at Brookside Congregational Church in Manchester. He is also president of the Greater Manchester NAACP.
- Rabbi Robin Nafshi, of Temple Beth Jacob in Concord.
- Tom White, Coordinator of Educational Outreach at the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College.
