As a scholar of Southern history and collective memory, W. Fitzhugh Brundage has been thrust into one of the country’s most contentious debates: the fate of thousands of Confederate monuments on public land across the U.S. read more
Hundreds of people rallied around the University’s Confederate statue Tuesday night. read more
UNC officials prepare for a rumored protest rally at the Silent Sam monument amid much speculation on the statue’s future. read more
Clarence Page, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was called in to moderate a town hall meeting on race and inclusion on the campus on Thursday, had barely begun to speak when a group of students took control of the event and recited a long… read more
African-American students representing the Real Silent Sam Coalition, the Black Student Movement and other campus organizations held a lengthy rally Friday to air what they called long-standing grievances over the racial climate on the campus. A… read more
Over the July 4 weekend, vandals defaced UNC’s monument to Confederate soldiers. The Daily Tar Heel published a photo online showing the words “KKK” and “murderer” spray painted on the monument. read more
Sam can stay as long as he explains himself. William Saunders needs to leave. That was the message of the Real Silent Sam Coalition, who attracted about 200 people to a McCorkle Place rally Friday to demand that the name of Saunders — an 1854… read more