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UNC-Chapel Hill Confederate Monument Protests

Collected by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries

Archived since: Aug, 2018

Description:

Selected websites and social media content that document events and statements related to the UNC at Chapel Hill Confederate monument (known as Silent Sam).

Subject:   Spontaneous Events Society & Culture Universities & Libraries

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Title: Kevin Siers cartoon: UNC Board of Governors threatened by statue

URL: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/latest-news/vdtxkb/picture240276851/alternates/FREE_1140/SIERS021420.jpg

Description: This image was originally available online at http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article240276886.html. On November 27, 2019, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors announced a settlement regarding the disposition of the UNC-Chapel Hill Confederate monument known as "Silent Sam." Among other terms, the settlement granted the North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. ownership of the monument and a $2.5 million charitable trust for expenses related to care of the monument. On February 12, 2020, Orange County Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour overturned the settlement ruling that the NC SVC lacked standing to bring the lawsuit against UNC.

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Title: Former Gov. Pat McCrory compares Silent Sam vandals to Nazi book-burners

URL: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article217068940.html

Description: On August 20, 2018, protesters pulled down the statue from the top of the Confederate Monument, known as “Silent Sam”, that was located on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. In response, a number of public statements about the protest and the disposition of the monument were made by activists, students, UNC faculty and staff, elected officials and administrators, alumni, and the public. This collection contains many of those statements.

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Title: UNC and Silent Sam: The uncertain future of a great university

URL: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article238346023.html

Description: On November 27, 2019, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors announced a settlement regarding the disposition of the UNC-Chapel Hill Confederate monument known as "Silent Sam." Among other terms, the settlement granted the North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. ownership of the monument and a $2.5 million charitable trust for expenses related to care of the monument. In response, a number of statements regarding the settlement were circulated on social media and directed to the University administration. This collection contains many of those statements.

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Title: We created a trust to pay a Confederate group to take Silent Sam. It was the best solution.

URL: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article238369068.html

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Title: Kevin Siers cartoon: UNC Board of Governors threatened by statue

URL: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article240276886.html

Description: On November 27, 2019, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors announced a settlement regarding the disposition of the UNC-Chapel Hill Confederate monument known as "Silent Sam." Among other terms, the settlement granted the North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. ownership of the monument and a $2.5 million charitable trust for expenses related to care of the monument. On February 12, 2020, Orange County Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour overturned the settlement ruling that the NC SVC lacked standing to bring the lawsuit against UNC.

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Title: Mob rule at Silent Sam? No, it was something far different

URL: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article217152655.html

Description: On August 20, 2018, protesters pulled down the statue from the top of the Confederate Monument, known as “Silent Sam”, that was located on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. In response, a number of public statements about the protest and the disposition of the monument were made by activists, students, UNC faculty and staff, elected officials and administrators, alumni, and the public. This collection contains many of those statements.

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