North Carolina At Chapel Hill

https://democracynow.org – Just two days after protesters tore down the “Silent Sam” Confederate statue at the state’s flagship school, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, the state’s Historical Commission voted 9 to 2 to keep Confederate monuments on the grounds of the state Capitol. We speak with the African-American woman who dissented in the vote to keep the three Confederate monuments in place at the state Capitol. She also voted against adding historical context to the monuments. Valerie Johnson is one of only two black members of the North Carolina Historical Commission and the only black woman. She is a professor of women’s studies and the director of Africana Women’s Studies at Greensboro’s Bennett College. She is also the chair of the North Carolina African American Heritage Commission.

A crowd of protesters pull down the Confederate statue known as Silent Sam on the campus of the University of North Carolina Monday night, Aug. 20, 2018.

Campus Reform Correspondent Maggie Horzempa discusses the tearing down of confederate statue “Silent Sam” at UNC Chapel Hill.

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https://democracynow.org – We end today’s show in North Carolina, where hundreds of student protesters in Chapel Hill toppled the “Silent Sam” Confederate statue at the University of North Carolina Monday night, on the eve of the first day of classes. The statue was erected in 1913 to honor Confederate soldiers, and has been the target of repeated protests. For more, we speak with Maya Little, UNC doctoral student facing charges of property destruction and possible expulsion for pouring red ink and her own blood on the statue during an earlier protest in April.

After hearing of the tragic, barbaric, and illegal toppling of the “Silent Sam” monument at UNC Chapel Hill, I went to the local cemetery to tell the story of Harry Miller, a UNC student and Confederate soldier who was killed in battle in 1864. Silent Sam was erected in 1913 to commemorate Harry and other UNC students who lost their lives in the American Civil War.

Around 250 protesters at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill pulled down a controversial Confederate statue on Monday night. The 105-year-old monument, known as ‘Silent Sam’, had long been seen as a symbol of white supremacy in the U.S. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9crb

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A crowd of about 250 protesters on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s campus knocked over the controversial Silent Sam Confederate statue, according to the university.

Protestors toppled the Silent Sam statue on the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill Monday night. It was a towering confederate monument brought down by students who called it a symbol of white supremacy.

Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill took down the controversial Confederate statue Silent Sam on Aug. 20. Read more: https://wapo.st/2N6lRTN. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2qiJ4dy

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The controversial “Silent Sam” Confederate statue on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill has been taken down by protesters.