Charleston Emanuel AME Church Massacre

Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old white supremacist, opened fire during Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC, killing nine people: Rev. Clementa Pinckney, Cynthia Hurd, Susie Jackson, Ethel Lance, DePayne Middleton-Doctor, Tywanza Sanders, Rev. Daniel Simmons, Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, and Myra Thompson. Roof's manifesto cited the Council of Conservative Citizens website and stated he wanted to start a race war. Survivors' families publicly offered forgiveness at his bond hearing, a response that drew worldwide attention.