TRAVERSE CITY (AP) — Residents of a predominantly white community in northern Michigan are speaking out against racism in response to a white supremacist rally that spiraled into deadly violence in Virginia.
Hundreds attended a candlelight vigil Sunday night in Traverse City, some carrying U.S. flags and placards with slogans such as "Hatred is not a family value."
Organizer Betsy Coffia said white Americans such as herself should show solidarity with racial and religious minorities instead of being apathetic and remaining on the
sidelines.
Marshall Collins, who is black, said racism is a problem in the area and elsewhere in the country, not just in the South.
Other vigils and rallies seeking to counter the violence in Virginia took place Sunday in cities across the state.
- Posted August 15, 2017
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Traverse City vigil calls for united stand against racism
headlines Macomb
- Toasting three decades of success
- Volunteers needed for annual Macomb County Point-in-Time Count of homeless population
- Man arraigned on charges after allegedly hitting school safety officer and principal with vehicle
- MDHHS honors Michigan Adoption Day by celebrating newly adoptive families
- Group honors national court leaders
headlines National
- The business of successfully running an in-house department
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Justice Gorsuch writes children’s book about ‘Heroes of 1776’
- Companies use ‘deceitful tactics’ to market harmful ultra-processed products with ‘addictive nature,’ city’s suit alleges
- Lawyer accused of trying to poison her husband
- ‘Lawyers Gone Wild’? Filmmaker criticizes bar as he seeks ethics probe of serial killer’s daughter for alleged lie
