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These are your stories. With our partners in Charlottesville Inclusive Media, we’re bringing more people into local news. Want to tell a story or report a piece? Here’s more about how to participate.

Religious leaders march in front of a crowd down a street, with trees behind them and a police vehicle in the corner of the image.
Posted inFirst person

In Charlottesville’s ‘summer of hate,’ a Chinese American pastor found his place in the struggle for civil rights

Headshot of man in glasses looking slightly off camera with a smile by Michael Cheuk August 11, 2022August 11, 2022

Michael Cheuk didn’t know how we would respond to the Unite the Right rally — until he reconsidered his own family history and his faith.

A man in a blue T-shirt and raised arms faces another man who has a confederate flag draped around his shoulders. On the side, an officer in a baseball cap is looking at the two men, and another officer is on the other side. A woman’s back is in the frame as well.
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In the police department, it was a struggle to be Black, and at home, it was a struggle to be blue

by Regine Wright July 5, 2022August 5, 2022

What does it mean to be Black in the Charlottesville Police Department? A former detective remembers the KKK rally of 2017 — and what it means when law enforcement tries to recruit minority officers.

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