UNC board votes to change title of building named for KKK leader
CHAPEL HILL, NC (WTVD) — After repeated calls to change the title of a UNC Chapel Hill building named for a former leader of the North Carolina Klu Klux Klan, university leaders voted Thursday to make the change.
In at 10-to-3 vote, the UNC Board of Trustees decided to rename Saunders Hall to Carolina Hall. Saunders Hall was named after UNC graduate and former trustee, William Saunders. That was in 1922, after he was investigated as a leader of the KKK.
The fight to change the long-contested name has been in the news lately following several rallies.
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