Tag: Confederate Statues
Wilmington community discusses lasting impacts of Confederacy
Tuesday marked one year since the Silent Sam Confederate monument was toppled by protesters at UNC Chapel Hill. On Wednesday, a forum was held in Wilmington to discuss how the Confederacy is still impacting the lives of African-Americans.
UPDATE: Police seek identity of woman accused of vandalizing Confederate statues
Two confederate statues were vandalized Thursday morning in downtown Wilmington.
Protesters gather at George Davis statue Saturday afternoon
Protesters voice their concerns about the message that it sends.
Confederate monument in North Carolina vandalized again
A Confederate monument in a North Carolina city has been splashed with paint for the second time in seven months.
Confederate statue removed from historic North Carolina court
A North Carolina city removed a Confederate statue Tuesday from the grounds of an old courthouse, a rare move in a state where such monuments are largely protected by law.
Board taking more time to decide on UNC’s Silent Sam
The board governing North Carolina's public universities is giving itself more time to decide the fate of a Confederate statue toppled by protesters.
With statue gone, interim UNC-Chapel Hill chancellor named
A leading U.S. expert on sport-related concussions was named Wednesday as the interim head of North Carolina's flagship public university, replacing the campus leader forced out in a dispute over the future of a prominent Confederate statue.
Confederate flags disappearing from battlefield gift shops
North Carolina officials don't have an official policy addressing the sale of Confederate flag merchandise at Civil War battlefield gift shops, but the products' future is unclear.
University head yanks Confederate marker, is forced out
The last remnants of a Confederate statue were removed from North Carolina's flagship public university early Tuesday at the request of UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt.