December 13, 2018
NCPH issues statement on UNC Board of Trustees’ Recommendations
NCPH does not typically weigh in on local- or campus-level issues, but we have been monitoring the situation surrounding the Confederate monument known as “Silent Sam” at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) with increasing concern. With the December 5, 2018 release of the Chapel Hill Board of Trustees’ Recommendation for the Disposition and Preservation of the Confederate Monument, and subsequent protests against its proposal by graduate students, faculty, staff, and many within our organization, we feel we must speak to this developing situation.