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July 5, 2025

Silent Sam

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Judge: Confederate group must return statue fund to UNC

April 9, 2020 The Associated Press

CHAPEL HILL — A North Carolina judge has ruled that a $2.5 million fund that was set up to maintain a Confederate statue will have to be returned to the University of North Carolina at […]

Article

Confederate group has 45 days to return Silent Sam to UNC

February 21, 2020 The Associated Press

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — A judge imposed a 45-day deadline on the Sons of Confederate Veterans to return the Silent Sam statue to the University of North Carolina. Orange County Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour also […]

News

UNC proposes building for Confederate statue at campus edge

December 12, 2018 admin

CHAPEL HILL — Protesters blocked Franklin Street in demonstrations Monday night after the UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees proposed moving the toppled Silent Sam monument into a new $5 million building on the outskirts […]

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UNC leaders meet over Silent Sam, agree to have a plan by November

August 29, 2018 North State Journal Staff

CHAPEL HILL — In reaction to the toppling of UNC Chapel Hill’s long-standing Confederate soldier statue known as Silent Sam, the UNC System’s Board of Governors and the UNC-CH Board of Trustees held special meetings. […]

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Seven arrested at Confederate statue protest at UNC Chapel Hill

August 25, 2018 admin

CHAPEL HILL —Police in North Carolina arrested seven people on Saturday during scuffles at a university campus where demonstrators earlier this week had toppled a statue of a Confederate soldier, a school official said. Most […]

Article

Protesters pull down Silent Sam on UNC campus

August 22, 2018 North State Journal Staff

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — UNC Chapel Hill is launching a criminal probe after protesters toppled a statue of a Confederate soldier on its campus Monday night, the latest move to dismantle Civil War symbols amid debate about […]

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Silent Sam vandalized with blood, red paint

April 30, 2018 North State Journal Staff

Chapel Hill – A woman says she used her own blood and red paint when she defaced the Silent Sam confederate statue on UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus.  UNC grad student Maya Little was arrested for defacing […]

College Football

UNC football players steer clear of Silent Sam protests

August 24, 2017 Brett Friedlander

CHAPEL HILL — Members of the North Carolina football team are vocal when it comes to their opinions about Silent Sam. That doesn’t mean they’re itching to take part in the protests surrounding the controversial Confederate soldier […]

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