Richard Schragger (Virginia): When White Supremacists Invade a City. #Charlottesville: Before and Beyond is the first book published about the August 2017 violence, known as the Unite the Right rally, in Charlottesville, Virginia. During Trump’s first year in office, the rate of far-right murders surged. White supremacists killed more people in US in 2017 than Muslims, Antifa and kneeling NFL players combined. The alt-Right is killing people: The Southern Poverty Law Center counted over 100 people killed or injured by alleged perpetrators influenced by the so-called “alt-right” — a movement that continues to access the mainstream and reach young recruits. The rise and fall of the Racist Right: White nationalists entered 2017 on a high — they ended it in disarray.
