For many years UNC Chapel Hill students have been calling for the removal of Silent Sam, a confederate monument erected on campus in 1913, pictured here, Saturday, October 28, 2017. Recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, surrounding a stature of Confederate general Robert E. Lee have intensified the calls for removal, which have the support of many faculty members and leaders at the historic public university.
Photo by D.L. Anderson for The Chronicle of Higher Education.