The UNC Board of Trustees voted to lift the 16-year moratorium on the renaming of buildings, monuments and other memorials on campus.
The University of North Carolina System announced Wednesday afternoon that an agreement has been reached for the disposition of the Silent Sam statue that once stood for decades on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill.
UNC-Chapel Hill Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz sent a letter to the UNC Interim President and UNC Board of Governors Chair on Wednesday, expressing concern about the legal settlement reached for the disposition of the Silent Sam statue.
The Confederate statue Silent Sam may be off Municipal Drive near MLK Jr. Blvd on UNC property.
Students and activists marked the one-year anniversary in a rally at Peace and Justice Plaza. They call themselves 'anti-racists'; who united to bring down the university's monument to UNC alumni who fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War.
Eyewitness video shows a small scuffle between pro-Confederacy groups scuffle with counter-protesters in Chapel Hill Saturday afternoon.