An extraordinary and sad week of the American experience has drawn to a close, even as continuing debate and analysis pores over last weekend’s violent outburst of race-based rioting in Charlottesville.

Pundits and ordinary citizens alike have been offering their viewpoints as to what happened in that college town last Saturday, culminating with a female counter-protester being struck and killed by an auto police say was driven by a Nazi sympathizer.

Today, the AJC presents an extra page of views on Charlottesville and the issues it’s raised around race relations, white supremacy, Confederate symbolism and all that lies between those disparate points.

Longer versions of some columns edited for space here, and additional commentary on these issues can be found on our subscriber website, myAJC.com

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