Videos

In this portion of The Atlantic Festival, activist and author DeRay McKesson talked about racism in America and his work with the Black Lives Matter movement.

Jason Kessler, organizer of the “Unite the Right 2 ” rally, spoke to attendees of an event to mark the anniversary of the group’s first rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Several of his supporters…

Civil rights attorney Constance Rice and Sammy Rangel, the former head of a white supremacists group and executive director of “Life After Hate,” talked about race and nationalism. This…

Ibram Kendi talked about his book Stamped from the Beginning, in which he examines the history of racist ideas in America. He spoke with Andy Shallal, founder of Busboys and Poets.

Betsy Jacoway talked about her book, Turn Away Thy Son: Little Rock, the Crisis that Shocked a Nation, published by Free Press. Ms. Jacoway, a native of Little Rock, Arkansas, recounted the integration…

Andrea Ritchie talked about her book Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color, in which she provides her thoughts on how women of color are affected by…

Ku Klux Klan: The Invisible Empire is a CBS Reports documentary from 1965 that traces the history of the Ku Klux Klan from its 1915 resurgence, inspired by the silent film Birth of a…

Pamela Wood spoke via Skype about the debate over Confederate monuments in Maryland.

Speaking to a large crowd of supporters at a rally in Phoenix, President Trump strongly defended his responses following the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. He blamed the media for…

Telephone lines were open for viewer calls and social media comments on the removal of Confederate statues and monuments.

Steve Contorno spoke via Skype about the debate over the removal of Confederate monuments in Florida.

Ryan Poe spoke via Skype about the debate over Confederate monuments in Tennessee.

Cristela Guerra spoke by phone about the debate over Confederate monuments in Massachusetts.

Greg Bluestein spoke by phone about the debate over the removal of Confederate monuments in Georgia.

Professor Al Brophy talked about efforts to take down Confederate statues. He spoke via video link from Birmingham, Alabama.

Professor Lester Spence talked about efforts to take down Confederate statues. He spoke via video link from Baltimore, Maryland.

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights issued a statement condemning the previous-weekend violence motivated by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia. Conservative commission member…

A.C. Thompson talked about the “Documenting Hate” project, which was created to provide one central source that tracks hate crimes across the country.

President Trump answered questions from reporters on the violence that occurred at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, the previous weekend. When asked why he waited two days to specifically condemn white supremacist groups…

Family, friends, political leaders, and mourners attended a memorial service for Heather Heyer, who was killed when a car intentionally drove into a crowd demonstrating during the white nationalist protests and…