RALEIGH, N.C. — A national civil rights group is warning University of North Carolina leaders that they should reconsider a $2.5 million settlement involving the statue of a Confederate soldier.
The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law has sent a letter encouraging UNC leaders to recover the money promised to the Sons of Confederate Veterans. An agreement reached in November gave the statue to the Sons of Confederate Veterans along with the $2.5 million for its care.
Silent Sam stood on the Chapel Hill campus for more than 100 years until protesters toppled it in 2018.