In squares and streets across the United States, vigils and marches were held this weekend in response to the hatred and violence on display during a “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12th. 32-year-old counter-protester Heather Heyer was killed when James Alex Fields Jr. allegedly drove a car into a crowd of counter-protesters, also injuring 19 others. Gathered here are images of some of those who took to the streets to mourn, and to decry racism and hate, from Charlottesville to Chicago, Washington to Los Angeles, and more.
Vigils, Marches, and Memorials After Charlottesville
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Four-year-old Leo Griffin leaves a protest against the alt-right movement held to mourn the victims of yesterdays rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 13, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. #
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A woman places flowers at an informal memorial to 32-year-old Heather Heyer, who was killed when a car plowed into a crowd of people protesting against the white supremacist Unite the Right rally, August 13, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. #
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Susan Bro, the mother of Heather Heyer, holds a photo of Bro's mother and her daughter on August 14, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, Heyer was killed Saturday, August 12, 2017, when police say James Alex Fields plowed his car into a group of demonstrators protesting the white nationalist rally. Bro said that she is going to bare her soul to fight for the cause that her daughter died for. #
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Two people stop to comfort Joseph Culver (center) of Charlottesville as he kneels at a late night vigil to pay his respect for a friend injured in a car attack on counter protesters after the "Unite the Right" rally organized by white nationalists in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017. #
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Brittney Cain-Conley, lead organizer for Congregate Charlottesville, addresses the crowd during a vigil on August 13, 2017, held at the site where a car plowed into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally on Saturday in Charlottesville. #
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Marcus Martin (center), who was injured when a car plowed into a crowd of people protesting against the white supremacist rally, his wife Marissa Blair (behind with arms around Marcus) and friends visit the memorial built at the place where he was injured and where where 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed in the same attack August 13, 2017 in Charlottesville. #
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Demonstrators march in downtown Los Angeles on August 13, 2017. Protesters decrying hatred and racism converged around the country Sunday, the day after a white supremacist rally that spiraled into violence in Charlottesville. #
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Cara McClure, right, of Birmingham, Alabama, cries in a friend's arms during a solidarity rally on August 13, 2017, for the victims of a white supremacist rally that turned violent in Charlottesville, Virginia. #
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Kayla Smith, front, of Birmingham, Alabama,chants during a solidarity rally in Birmingham on August 13, 2017, for the victims of a white supremacist rally that turned violent in Charlottesville, Virginia. #
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Nicole DePace, of Quincy, Massachusetts, front left, and Denise Ashworth, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, front right, join with other demonstrators as they display placards and chant slogans during a protest in Plymouth, Massachusetts on August 13, 2017. #
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A statue depicting a Confederate soldier in Piedmont Park in Atlanta, after being vandalized with spray paint on August 14, 2017, from protesters who marched through the city last night to protest the weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. #
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Protesters chant slogans against white nationalism in Times Square in New York City, the day after the attack on counter-protesters at the "Unite the Right" rally organized by white nationalists in Charlottesville, on August 13, 2017. #
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A protester holds a sign reading "There are not 'many sides', Denounce domestic white terrorism" at a march against white nationalism in Times Square in New York City on August 13, 2017. #
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People gather for a vigil in response to the death of a counter-demonstrator at the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, outside the White House in Washington, DC, on August 13, 2017. #
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Demonstrators pause for a moment of silence in front of the statue of Confederate General Albert Pike on August 13, 2017 in Washington, DC, the only member of the Confederate military with an outdoor statue in the US capital, during a vigil in response to the death of a counter-protestor in Charlottesville. #
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People light candles in the form of a peace sign in front of the White House on August 13, 2017 in Washington, DC for a vigil in response to the death of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, Virginia. #
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