The pandemic energized the Black Lives Matter movement—and provoked a dangerous backlash
CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH, a day that marks the end of U.S. slavery, residents of Richmond, Va., gathered on June 21, 2020, at a Confeder- ate monument that they have reclaimed. The memorial now honors victims of police brutal- ity and is called Marcus-David Peters Circle, after a man who was shot dead by Richmond police in 2018. / Carlos Bernate/Redux Pictures
