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Charlottesville Rally Against Hate Started in Secret. It Ended With Thousands Singing, 'We Shall Overcome.'

LIGHT OVER DARKNESS

After Heather Heyer’s memorial, word spread of a candlelight vigil—but quietly, to keep white supremacists away. Candles replaced torches, love replaced hate.

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