For those tracking the mood at @UNC, check the concluding words of this new @DailyTarHeel article.
“EXPL 369 The Destruction of Silent Sam: A hands-on course wherein someone finally takes the personal L for the good of society and blows that shit up.”
https://t.co/niCGqfFg7Q
Two students at local high school heard saying racial slurs in video
https://t.co/HwgleUApBl
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Charlotte de Vries ’19 Commits to #4 University of North Carolina
https://t.co/fLAuiDBBXO
cc: @UNCAdmissions@unc_execbranch@savannahput @asquared96 @UNCStoneCenter@BubbaUNC
Anonymous faculty group threatens to take down Silent Sam
A group of 17 senior @UNC faculty wrote that if the @UNC_System does not take down the Confederate monument before Thursday, they will do it themselves.
"We do not fear arrest.”
#DoItLikeDurham
https://t.co/jS4whw7QDq
Statements calling for the removal of Silent Sam
It’s a good time to review the many, many @UNC departments that have issued statements calling for the immediate removal of the @UNC_System’s racist Confederate statue.
https://t.co/rJYej2uj3E
Former Tar Heel basketball stars Sam Perkins and Bill Chamberlain join for black alumni boycott of #UNC's fundraising campaign. #tarheels@Move_Silent_Sam
https://t.co/eVdWIaKoM8
Black alumni group calls for boycott of @UNC $4.25B fundraising campaign over #SilentSam, Center for Civil Rights and and ouster of Deb Stroman. https://t.co/p5I3lvrlDk #ncga
“Focus on: Confederate Monuments” — a discussion presented by UNC-TV & WFAE. (11/15/17)
This clip features UNC historian Dr. William Sturkey talking about the connection between Confederate monuments and white supremacy.
Details & more video:
https://t.co/Ae182gf1Bp
#UNCforAll
VIDEO: Statements calling for the removal of UNC’s racist “Silent Sam” Confederate monument. 💯
The School of Social Work is the latest. https://t.co/UqnQVv1vB5
Full video at https://t.co/rJYej2uj3E.
#UNCforAll#GDTBATH#GoHeels#UNCalumni#SilenceSam
Statements calling for removal:
Amer. Studies, Art, Anthro., African & Af-Am Studies, Education, Law, Comm., Relig. Studies, Romance Lang., English & Comp. Lit., Soc., Social Work, Geog...
Gov. Cooper
Chancellor Moeser
Mayor Hemminger
US Rep. Price
CH-C Chamber of Commerce
Chapel Hill’s New Civil War
This article is rich with detail and historical context. Very well done! An absolute must-read!
Many thanks to @VimalPatel232 and The @Chronicle for this report, and to everyone who contributed to it.
💪 ❤️ ✊️
https://t.co/8NNiUimQ0s
The only non-person included in this year’s @chronicle Influence List is Bond, Schoeneck & King, the law firm UNC used to beat back the NCAA: https://t.co/Z5HAxb5Q5Q
"Silent Sam," Mr. Leloudis says, "is one part of a broad and remarkably well-orchestrated and choreographed campaign in the opening decades of the 20th century to create a historical narrative that gave legitimacy to the regime of Jim Crow." https://t.co/uKAAWQyVNs via @chronicle