June 17
2015
Charleston Church Shooting
On June 17, 2015, a racially motivated mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina left nine Black congregants dead. The attack, carried out by self-avowed white supremacist Dylann Roof, shocked the nation and renewed urgent discussions around racial violence, hate crimes, and gun laws in the United States. Read more
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