Large crowds turned out Sunday to denounce racism as a small contingent of white supremacists staged a rally in a park across from the White House — a disparity that was heartening to many but belied deep fears over rising racial divisions across the country.

A year after deadly violence in Charlottesville, Va., became a nationwide symbol of polarization and mayhem in the Trump era, authorities braced for potential clashes as the two sides converged on the same small patch of greenery in Lafayette Square.

Source: LA Times