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Court Overturns Controversial UNC Settlement With Neo-Confederate Group Over “Silent Sam” Monument

| The settlement, approved in November, would have required UNC Chapel Hill to hand over the Confederate monument “Silent Sam” to the Sons of Confederate Veterans and pay the group $2.5 million to preserve and house it. This Wednesday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour dismissed the l

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Mellon Foundation Pulls $1.5M Grant After UNC Settles With Neo-Confederate Group

The foundation says the university's decision to hand over a contested statue to the Sons of Confederate Veterans group, along with $2.5 million, is at odds with the grant's purpose.

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Memorial to Enslaved People Vandalized with Racist Language and Urine at the University of North Carolina

The sculpture, created by Do Ho Suh in 2005, stands close to the former site of "Silent Sam," a Confederate monument toppled by student activists this summer.