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- Collection: UNC's Confederate Monument
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Workers clean the monument, 2015
Workers remove graffiti from the Confederate Monument.
View of Silent Sam, 1960s.
A view from beneath the Confederate Monument.
Unveiling, 1913
A postcard showing the unveiling of the Confederate Monument, June 2, 1913. The postcard, postmarked 1913, was sent to Mrs. M.F. Patterson, Winston-Salem, N.C. , and reads: "My dear Mother, This is a photo. of the unveiling of our new monument to…
Students sit at the base of Silent Sam, circa 1939-1942
Three male students sit on the base of the Confederate Monument.
Students jumping from Silent Sam, 1968
Students climb and jump off of Silent Sam, 1968.
Students climbing Silent Sam, circa 1939-1942
Two students climbing the Confederate Monument.
Soldiers' Monument, undated
An undated postcard showing the Confederate Monument.
Soldiers in front of Silent Sam, 1918
Two men, presumably members of the Student Army Training Corps, pose in front of the Confederate Memorial in the 1918 Yackety Yack yearbook. The caption reads, "The Spirit of '61 and the Spirit of '17."
Slave narrative reading, 2015
The Real Silent Sam Coalition holds a 24-hour reading of slave narratives in front of the monument.
Silent Sam with scarf, 1973
Silent Sam wearing a winter scarf.
Silent Sam with Ku Klux Klan robe, 1970
Silent Sam with a Ku Klux Klan robe tied around its neck. The robe has a Confederate flag swastika design on the back.
Silent Sam with "We Support BSM Demands" sign, 1969
An image of the Silent Sam statue with a sign reading "We Support BSM Demands" tucked behind the strap of the cartridge case and another sign, text not visible, on the statue's gun. The caption reads "The Residue of Friday's March," presumably in…
Removed for restoration, 1986
Silent Sam being removed from its pedestal before being shipped away for restoration, 1986.
Martin Luther King Day rally, 1997
UNC housekeeper Elaine Massey holding a sign that says "Fight UNC Institutional Racism" at a Martin Luther King Day rally, 1997
L.A. Riots gathering, 1992
Chancellor Paul Hardin and Dr. Marion Phillips, Associate Dean of the UNC School of Medicine, address students gathered at Silent Sam during the L.A. Riots.
James Cates memorial demonstration, 19 November 1971
On November 19, 1971, the Black Student Movement and the the Afro-American Society of Chapel Hill High School held a gathering and protest at the Confederate Monument in memory of James Cates, a young black man murdered in the Pit by members of a…
Graffiti, 2015
The Confederate Monument spray painted with "Black Lives Matter," "KKK" and "murderer."
Graffiti, 1968
Graffiti on Silent Sam on April 8, 1968, as violent demonstrations erupt around the country following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.