A look at Confederate monuments removed across the U.S.
Protesters at North Carolina’s flagship university toppled a Confederate statue in the heart of campus that has long been a subject of controversy and that officials said couldn’t be removed because of state law. Videos from Monday night showed a crowd at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill yanking down the memorial known as “Silent Sam.” The bronze figure of a southern soldier atop a tall stone pedestal was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in […]
