![Counter-protesters at a rally at the Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, VA in 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/SB1%20Robert%20E.%20Lee%20Rally.jpg?itok=Lra8ha0W)
Robert E. Lee Rally
![A memorial to Heather Heyer.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/SB4%20Heather%20Heyer.jpg?itok=Q797MyJD)
Heather Heyer Memorial
![A sign at a rally at the Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, VA in 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/SB5%20Enemies%2C%20Not%20Heroes.jpg?itok=PMAEmJdN)
Enemies, Not Heroes
![Charlottesville’s statue of Robert E. Lee became the rallying point for the Unite the Right rally in August 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/1%20Charlottesville%20Robert%20E.%20Lee%20Statue.jpg?itok=sZU1c8CK)
Charlottesville Robert E. Lee Statue
!['Blood and soil' (Blut und Boden), a 19th-century German phrase the Nazis adopted.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2%20Blut%20and%20Boden.jpg?itok=KP5VFO62)
Blut and Boden
![Participants in an August 28, 2017 March to Confront White Supremacy.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/3%20March%20to%20Confront%20White%20Supremacy.jpg?itok=HG_V6KeI)
March to Confront White Supremacy
![Violence at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, VA.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4%20Unite%20the%20Right%20Rally%20Violence.jpg?itok=y0q0RHjK)
Unite the Right Rally Violence
![Protesters and counter-protesters clashing at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, VA.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/6%20Unite%20the%20Right%20Rally%20Clashes.jpg?itok=530tpv0M)
Unite the Right Rally Clashes
![Protesters at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville claiming that 'diversity' leads to white genocide.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/7%20Diversity%3DWhite%20Genocide.jpg?itok=6shSzgHM)
“Diversity”=White Genocide
![Assorted alt-right groups in front of Charlottesville’s statue.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/11%20Protesters%20with%20Robert%20E.%20Lee.jpg?itok=wXKnV6Bl)
Protesters with Robert E. Lee
![Virginia National Guard soldiers and Virginia State Police in the aftermath of the Unite the Right rally.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/12%20Virginia%20National%20Guard%20and%20State%20Police.jpg?itok=3hBLiOMg)
Virginia National Guard and State Police
![Clergy and other counter-protesters linking arms against protesters during the Unite the Right rally.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/15%20Clergy%20at%20Unite%20the%20Right%20Rally.jpg?itok=Us4J7Mbe)
Clergy at Unite the Right Rally
![Protesters and counter-protesters squaring off at the Unite the Right rally.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/16%20Protesters%20and%20Counterprotesters%20Square%20Off.jpg?itok=_KjgbhAV)
Protesters and Counter-protesters Square Off
![Confederate Monument at Arlington National Cemetery.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/17%20Confederate%20Monument%20at%20Arlington%20National%20Cemetery.jpg?itok=uXzRHKGs)
Confederate Monument at Arlington National Cemetery
![A monument to the sacrifices of Confederate soldiers in Baxley, GA.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/20%20Baxley%20Monument.jpg?itok=bqRO1Kq4)
Baxley Monument
![Monument to General John H. Morgan.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/21%20Monument%20to%20General%20John%20H.%20Morgan.jpg?itok=20BjB7tm)
Monument to General John H. Morgan
![Members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy around the monument they sponsored.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/22%20Munn%20Park%20Monument.jpg?itok=QU-K4456)
Munn Park Monument
![The Monument to the Unknown Dead at National Cemetery, Arlington around 1900.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/25%20monument%20to%20the%20unkown%20dead.jpg?itok=NWsU0PFt)
Monument to the Unknown Dead
![1905 Emancipation Day celebration in Richmond, VA.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/26%20Emancipation%20Day%20Celebration.jpg?itok=FPehTOQ9)
Emancipation Day Celebration
![An 1864 illustration from Harper’s Weekly warning against compromising with the South.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/28%20Compromise%20with%20the%20South.jpg?itok=o57vYe9Z)
Compromise with the South
![A graph showing when schools, monuments, and other sites honoring the Confederacy or Confederates were built.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/29%20Confederate%20Monuments%20Graph.png?itok=kNcpRtUV)
Confederate Monuments Graph
![White men posing around the mutilated and charred corpse of William Brown in Omaha, NE in 1919.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/31%20Lynching%20in%20Nebraska.jpg?itok=qzjuliEN)
Lynching in Nebraska
![An 1868 political cartoon.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/34%20Change%20of%20Banners.jpg?itok=GV64gcQN)
Change of Banners
![Confederate and Union veterans shaking hands.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/37%20A%20Half-a-Century%20After.jpg?itok=O-FQe7l1)
“A Half-a-Century After”
![The unveiling of the Stonewall Jackson Monument in Charlottesville, VA.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/39%20Stonewall%20Jackson%20Unveiling.jpg?itok=cuRMkmVU)
Stonewall Jackson Unveiling
![A small plaque remembering the once-vibrant black neighborhood of Vinegar Hill.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/39%20Vinegar%20Hill.jpeg?itok=lCuWFySr)
Vinegar Hill
A small plaque remembering the once-vibrant black neighborhood of Vinegar Hill in Charlottesville, VA.
Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee Monument
![President Truman’s Executive Order 9981 made national headlines in 1948.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/41%20Truman%20Whipes%20out%20Segregation.jpg?itok=1zlSq_ts)
Truman Wipes Out Segregation
![A 1948 poster for the 'States’ Rights Democrats.'](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/42%20Dixiecrat%20Party%20Poster.jpg?itok=Zg_sgyMu)
Dixiecrat Party Poster
![A view of the carvings on Stone Mountain, the visitor center, and the surrounding park.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/43%20Stone%20Mountain.jpg?itok=zunsNn1s)
Stone Mountain
![A close-up of the carving on Stone Mountain.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/44%20Stone%20Mountain%20Close-up.jpg?itok=RaGbPBOP)
Stone Mountain Close-up
![A Ku Klux Klan initiation ceremony at Stone Mountain in 1948.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/44%20Klan%20Initiation%20Ceremony.jpg?itok=qFkVHp6j)
Klan Initiation Ceremony
![A postcard advertising Stone Mountain as the Imperial Palace of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/45%20Imperial%20Palace.png?itok=j5nFuqHN)
Imperial Palace
![A depiction of African Americans gathering the estimated 150 killed after the Colfax Massacre in 1873.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/47%20Colfax%20Massacre.jpg?itok=yRBnfw5P)
Colfax Massacre
Colfax Riot Placard
![The National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol building.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/49%20Confederates%20in%20the%20Capitol.jpg?itok=Aa7q-Fme)
Confederates in the Capitol
General William Mahone
![The 'whites only' dedication ceremony for the monument to Jefferson Davis in New Orleans.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/51%20Jefferson%20Davis%20Monument%20Dedication.jpg?itok=WTCTFC7u)
Jefferson Davis Monument Dedication
![Protesters at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/53%20Unite%20the%20RIght%20Marchers.jpg?itok=NUu4eLn_)
Unite the Right Marchers
![Members of Aryan Nations.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/54%20Aryan%20Nations.jpg?itok=g4stwKot)
Aryan Nations
Members of Aryan Nations, a white supremacist group founded in the 1970s, posted praise for Dylann Roof after he killed nine African Americans in 2015.
![A crowd watching the removal of the statue of Robert E. Lee.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/58%20Robert%20E.%20Lee%20Removal.jpg?itok=2BcNKTa7)
Robert E. Lee Removal
![A memorial to General Nathan Bedford Forrest.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/59%20General%20Nathan%20Bedford%20Forrest%20Memorial.jpg?itok=by4LKnlI)
General Nathan Bedford Forrest Memorial