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EPISODE · May 29, 2026 · 16 MIN

How Charlottesville became the frontline of an American history war

from Saturday Extra - Separate stories podcast · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

In August 2017, during the early months of the first Trump presidency, hundreds of white supremacists and neo-Nazis descended on the small Virginian city of Charlottesville.They were there to protest the planned removal of a statue of the Confederate General Robert E. Lee.Overnight, Charlottesville became the frontline of a history war, an ugly battle that's captured in a new book by the author and historian Deborah Baker.We talk to Deborah as part of our series on 250 years since American independence.

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