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UNC faculty members, in letter to parents, support Silent Sam strike

By World Tribune on December 18, 2018 Americas, Exclusives, North Carolina, Rest of The Best, Stateside, Top Stories, World Links, World Tribune

by WorldTribune Staff, December 16, 2018 The University of North Carolina board of governors on Dec. 14 rejected a plan to house the Silent Sam Confederate statue in a proposed $5.3 million history center on the Chapel Hill campus. Citing concerns over public safety and the use of state funds for the project, the board […]

UNC mum on whether police allowed toppling of Silent Sam statue

By World Tribune on August 24, 2018 Americas, Exclusives, North Carolina, Stateside, Top Stories, World Links, World Tribune

by WorldTribune Staff, August 24, 2018 The University of North Carolina Board of Governors on Aug. 23 said an outside firm would be retained to investigate how university and local police responded to the toppling of the Confederate Silent Sam statue on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. A mob of some 250 protesters toppled the statue […]