On a sunny Fourth of July morning, a group of around 60 people was getting ready for a walking tour around downtown Charlottesville. Children scribbled drawings on the Free Speech Wall, which already had a large American flag etched in chalk next to a raised fist.
“United we stand, together we shine!” was written in a dark blue.
Jalane Schmidt, a University of Virginia professor of religious studies and founder of the UVA Memory Project, led the group to local Black history sites…