A UNC-CH appeals panel on Thursday against Maya Little who smeared blood and tossed paint on the Silent Sam statue last year. The panel dismissed the Honor Court case on appeal based on violation of basic rights. The statue was toppled in another protest four months later and all evidence of the statue was removed […]
UNC students had a discussion with the Chancellor of the University Carol Folt, about the removal of the Silent Sam statue on the campus. The students expressed their feeling that the Confederate monument off Franklin Street, at the entrance of the university, is symbolic of a slave-holding South and provokes racial animus on campus. Students who oppose the statue […]
Social media rumors have the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill forewarned about a possible rally on campus later today. The rally is suppose to be centered around the controversial “Silent Sam” statue which honors confederate soldiers. The statue sits in front of the campus toward Franklin St. in Chapel Hill and has […]
Silent Sam’s monument on the campus of UNC in Chapel Hill has once again become the target for opposition demonstration. Police are investigating an incident after someone spray-painted the words “Who is Sandra Bland?” on the “Silent Sam” Confederate memorial. You may remember, last month when Sandra Bland, a black woman, was arrested in Texas […]
