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UNControllables discuss "what UNC doesn't want you to know"

By Emily Galvin | August 22

The UNControllables talked oppression and activism in Carolina's past and present at their Wednesday event.

Person claiming to be David Duke emails UNC faculty about planned Chapel Hill protest

By Myah Ward and Kate Karstens | August 22

An individual claiming to be David Duke sent an email to multiple UNC faculty after the removal of Silent Sam, stating that he and other "pro-western ...

N.C. Historical Commission votes to keep Confederate monuments on Capitol Square

By Ryan Smoot | August 22

The N.C. Historical Commission voted not to remove or relocate the three Confederate statues in Raleigh’s Capitol Square. Instead, the commission passed ...

Local, state leaders react to Silent Sam's removal

By Ryan Smoot | August 22

With the forced removal of Silent Sam on Monday night by protestors, local and state leaders issued a range of statements on the new absence of the Confederate ...

UNC-system to hire outside firm to investigate University, police response to protest

By Taylor Buck | August 22

After releasing a short statement Monday night following the Silent Sam protest where the Confederate monument was forcibly removed by demonstrators, ...

Maya Little denies organizing Silent Sam protest

By Kate Karstens | August 22

At the protest against Silent Sam on Monday, August 20, Maya Little gave remarks before the group marched on McCorkle Place, and hours later, removed ...

New committees hold first official meetings in first BOG meeting of school year

By Hannah McClellan and Eva Ellenburg | August 22

Three of the UNC Board of Governors Special Committees met on Tuesday. These were the first official meetings for these newly formed special committees. ...

Silent Sam's Wake

By Will Rierson | August 22

Today’s Tar Heels need to consciously build understanding with one another for a civilized community to survive this event, as it cuts to the core of ...

Editorial: The administration needs to lead the conversation about Silent Sam

August 21

Silent Sam is a divisive figure, and in order for constructive conversation to take place the University needs strong leadership. We hope Folt will do ...

A timeline of what transpired at Confederate monument Silent Sam on Monday night

By Sarah Lundgren | August 21

During the protest on Monday night, things happened fast. Here's a breakdown of everything from the beginning of the protest to statements made by officials ...

Column: Sam is down and I am hopeful

By Tarik Woods | August 21

Every day hundreds of our fellow Tar Heels of color walked past a statue dedicated to those who declared war against the United States in defense of slavery. ...

Q&A with author of BlacKkKlansman focuses on race relations, confederate monuments and Trump

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez | August 20

"BlacKkKlansman" by director Spike Lee, tells the tale of the first Black undercover policeman in Colorado investigating the Ku Klux Klan and infiltrating ...

Column: Dispelling Silent Sam Myths

By Tarik Woods | August 20

Silent Sam has been commanding the attention of students, faculty and lawmakers as one of the hot-button issues still to be resolved. Here's a quick breakdown ...

Silent Sam toppled in protest the night before classes begin

By Charlie McGee and Myah Ward | August 20

After decades of racial tension, the Silent Sam monument was forcibly pulled down Monday night by demonstrators. At around 9:30 p.m., a group of an estimated ...

Silent Sam, a Confederate monument on campus, was defaced with red paint on Monday afternoon.

We talked to Maya Little about protesting Silent Sam and her arrest Monday

By Suzanne Blake | May 1

"It affects me, and it affects a lot of people I know, and it affects my community. It affects Black students, Black faculty members and Black community ...

Silent Sam painted red, protester arrested

By Maddy Arrowood | April 30

Silent Sam was painted red around 2:30 p.m. Monday. The person has been identified as Maya Little, a UNC doctoral student, on Twitter. Little was ...

A UNC worker takes down Saunders' name from Carolina Hall on June 3, 2015.

UW-Madison faces racist history as UNC does the same

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | April 26

An investigative report on the university’s student organizations after the events in Charlottesville, V.A. in August 2017 found two student organizations ...

UNC President Margaret Spellings speaks about her review at the Spellings Commission on Sept. 26, 2017.

UNC BOG defends President Spellings' bonus

By Anna Pogarcic | April 8

The UNC-System Board of Governors voted in favor of giving President Spellings a bonus.

Community members commemorate legacy of Martin Luther King, discuss Silent Sam

By Myah Ward | April 4

The distant sound of the UNC bell toll rang through the Peace and Justice plaza Wednesday as students and community members shared a moment of silence ...

Students and community members began a 24/7 demonstration at Silent Sam on Aug. 22.

Members of the SILS faculty ask UNC to remove Silent Sam

By Ana Irizarry | March 6

Twenty-one faculty members of the UNC School of Information and Library Science signed a letter requesting the University remove Silent Sam from McCorkle ...