Rev. William J. Barber II, president of the N.C. NAACP, visited UNC Sunday to join the Real Silent Sam Committee and Chapel Hill community members to mark the 100th anniversary of the Confederate monument “Silent Sam” on McCorkle Place, which celebrated the re-establishment of white supremacy and Jim Crow after Reconstruction.
The event aimed to celebrate a new South and recognize the people of color who built the University and maintain its campus, as well as empower UNC’s students of color.
