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- Collection: UNC's Confederate Monument
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Freedom Legacy Project flyer, 2001
Flyer for an interest meeting of the Freedom Legacy Project. The Project, active from 1995 to 2001, was an organization focused on exposing institutional racism at the university and documenting the campus' history of racial conflict and activism.
Confederate Soldiers' Monument, circa 1943
Postmarked July 11, 1943, the postcard is addressed to Mr & Mrs J.A. Cary, 2745 5th Ave., Ft. Worth, Texas and reads: "Otha Tiner U.S.N.R., V-5 Inst School, Carr Hall, Room 201, Chapel Hill, N.C. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Clary: This is one of the many…
Confederate Monument, undated
A color postcard showing the Confederate Monument, undated.
Confederate Monument painted with swastika and "PIGS GO HOME," circa 1969
The Confederate Monument spray-painted with a swastika and the words "PIGS GO HOME," possibly during the Foodworkers' Strike of 1969, during which NC Governor Robert Scott sent five riot-trained Highway Patrol squads to Chapel Hill and put four…
Confederate Monument Cartoon, 1943
A cartoon from the September 1943 issue of Carolina Magazine depicting the soldier on the Confederate Monument shooting his gun over the head of an elderly woman as two soldiers look on from the base of the monument.
Confederate Memorial Day, undated
An undated photo of a young white boy waving a Confederate flag in front of Silent Sam on Confederate Memorial Day.
Close-up view, 1960s
A close-up view of Silent Sam's face.
Blindfold, 2015
Silent Sam blindfolded with a Confederate flag.
After restoration, 1986
Silent Sam is returned to its pedestal after being removed and set away for restoration.
"Who is Sandra Bland?" 2015
The Confederate Monument tagged with "Who is Sandra Bland," August 2015.
"The Squirrel Hunter," 1927
The Confederate Monument in the snow, January 1927. Labelled "The Squirrel Hunt.er."
"The First Day of Silent Sam's Last Semester"
A flier for a rally at Silent Sam on 22 August 2017.
"In Memoriam," 1913
A drawing of the Confederate Monument accompanied by a memorial tribute listing the alumni and students who had died that academic year. Included on the list is Isaac William Rand, a first-year student killed in a hazing incident September 12, 1912.
"'Fess Up, Silent Sam" flyer, 2001
Draft flyer for an interest meeting of the Freedom Legacy Project. The Project, active from 1995 to 2001, was an organization focused on exposing institutional racism at the university and documenting the campus' history of racial conflict and…