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White Supremacist Groups' Rally Turns Deadly In Charlottesville

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White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the 'alt-right' exchange insluts with counter-protesters as they attempt to guard the entrance to Emancipation Park during the 'Unite the Right' rally Aug. 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Va. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was declared an unlawful gathering and people were forced out of Emancipation Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be removed. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the 'alt-right' exchange insluts with counter-protesters as they attempt to guard the entrance to Emancipation Park during the 'Unite the Right' rally Aug. 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Va. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was declared an unlawful gathering and people were forced out of Emancipation Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be removed. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

One woman is dead and more than a dozen people were injured while protesting a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, after a car rammed through demonstrators.

Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Kerry Haynie, associate professor of political science and African and African-American studies at Duke University, about race and the White House's response.

This segment aired on August 14, 2017.

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