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UNC Police defend officer actions at Silent Sam protests amid criticism

By Charlie McGee | October 16

Following the toppling of Confederate monument Silent Sam, students and other organizations held protests on campus. UNC Police, Chapel Hill Police and ...

Silent Sam activists rally around Maya Little after verdict in Orange County court

By Hannah Lang | October 15

Earlier in the day at the Orange County Courthouse, Little was found guilty of defacing a public statue or monument. She will not have to pay court costs ...

Maya Little found guilty of defacing Silent Sam

By Hannah McClellan | October 15

An Orange County District judge found Maya Little guilty of defacing Silent Sam after a daylong trial Monday. She will not have to pay court costs or ...

Thousands call on UNC's Honor Court to drop charges against Maya Little

By Maddy Arrowood | October 15

A petition by the UNC graduate student that painted Silent Sam with paint and blood to drop her Honor Court case has nearly 6,000 signatures.

Julian Carr's full Silent Sam dedication speech

By Maddy Arrowood | October 15

Read the transcription of Julian S. Carr's full June 2, 1913 speech at the dedication of the Confederate monument, Silent Sam.

'Stay tuned for more details': UNC lacks a plan for Kenan Stadium recontextualization

By Hannah McClellan | October 15

“In terms of next steps, the History Task Force will take this on, but we don’t have specifics yet on timing or process. Stay tuned for more details,” ...

Faculty Council struggles to reach consensus about Silent Sam on University Day

By Preston Lennon | October 15

“How can you square that with your vow to support law and order?”

There's a month until UNC's Silent Sam deadline. Here's what's happened so far.

By Taylor Buck | October 14

Here’s a recap of everything that has happened with the Confederate monument in this school year:

Chancellor Folt issues apology for University's involvement in slavery

By Cynthia Dong | October 14

On its 225th birthday, UNC-Chapel Hill’s administrators, faculty, staff and students pledged to look back on its checkered history to help UNC adapt ...

11 Anti-Silent Sam activists appear in court

By Emily Galvin | October 9

26 people have been arrested since Silent Sam was toppled on Aug. 20.

History center aims to teach whole history of Civil War South

By Mayla Gilliam | October 8

“I think the Silent Sam controversy is a perfect example of how we are still struggling with the legacy of the Civil War, and trying to learn its lessons,” ...

Faculty Executive Committee attempts to move past Silent Sam, focus on University Day

October 8

The Faculty Executive Committee met Monday to discuss Silent Sam relocation/replacement ideas and University Day events.

'A lesson for the living': The group behind Silent Sam and its historical relationship to UNC

By Charlie McGee | October 2

The United Daughters of the Confederacy and UNC's collaboration led to Silent Sam's construction in the 1910s. The University and the UDC still have a ...

Here's what you missed at Wednesday's BOT meeting

By Preston Lennon | September 26

On Wednesday, the UNC Board of Trustees discussed the decision to rename Saunders Hall to Carolina Hall, the contributions of University housekeeping ...

Carrboro's new task force aims to acknowledge the town's complicated history

By Jake Richard | September 26

Julian Carr has been a controversial figure in Carrboro's history for years. This task force wants to contextualize his role while also showing how far ...

Silent Sam dominates First Amendment Day art panel discussion

By Ellie Heffernan | September 26

“Voting, expressing the will of the people in whatever way works for you, are the best I can come up with."

Where will Silent Sam go next? UNC Libraries say ‘not here, please’

By Casey Quam | September 25

The staff and advisory board of UNC Libraries do not want Silent Sam to be relocated to any University library, fearing that the monument's presence would ...

Carroll Hall houses UNC's School of Media and Journalism.

Amid Silent Sam debates, UNC prepares to celebrate First Amendment Day

By Suzanne Blake | September 25

Tuesday marks UNC's tenth First Amendment Day, an annual celebration and discussion about the First Amendment and its role on college campuses. On a campus ...

Folt claims 70 percent of N.C. residents want Silent Sam back in McCorkle Place

September 24

“The (monument) law says the monument goes back on the pedestal. What we’ve been given is the opportunity to develop an alternative to that,” said ...

UNC Chancellor Carol Folt speaks at the 2017 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at Kenan Memorial Football Stadium.

Folt and the Board of Trustees are asking for your opinion on Silent Sam's future

By Sarah Lundgren | September 24

The Chancellor and Board of Trustees have opened the floor to suggestions regarding Confederate monument Silent Sam's future.