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Debates over UNC Confederate statue expose racist legacy
At UNC and Duke, debates over Confederate symbols widen to founders and donors linked to slavery. The piece notes Julian Carr’s 1913 speech, campus name changes, and panels at Duke and UNC, with broader national examples and upcoming conferences on slavery’s ties to higher education.
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Julian S. Carr
Gabrielle Johnson
Silent Sam
UNC
Carr
Duke University
Duke
Charles Aycock
Carolina Hall
Ku Klux Klan
Yale University
John C. Calhoun
Georgetown
Harvard
University of Virginia
University
Thomas Jefferson
Teresa Sullivan
Jefferson
Washington and Lee University
Robert E. Lee
Will Dudley
Nashville
Tennessee
Vanderbilt University
Confederate Memorial Hall
Lee
Vanderbilt
Adam Domby
College of Charleston
South Carolina
Domby
U.S. Senate
North Carolina
Central University
Andre Vann
Tfl
Vann
Durham
Williams College
Louise Brown
Johnson
Sam