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"Reparations" for Confederates? UNC System Trustees Face Backlash After Paying More than $2.5 Million to Confederate Group to House 'Silent Sam'
Some are calling it a “payoff.” Others have called it “hush money” and “reparations.” The University of North Carolina System is calling it “a lawful and lasting path” to prevent Confederate statues and insignia from finding homes on its campuses. But what it is, in practical terms, is $2.5 million handed directly from North Carolina’s…
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So Long, 'Silent Sam': Demonstrators Topple Confederate Statue at UNC Chapel Hill
For more than 100 years, “Silent Sam,” a bronze statue representing a Confederate soldier, stood vigil on the campus of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. On Monday night, his watch ended, as student protesters tore the statue off its pedestal. As the Charlotte Observer reports, a protest held on the UNC campus Monday…