Silent Sam settlment

Not settled yet: New voices seek to be heard as legal battles over UNC’s ‘Silent Sam’ deal heat up

BY: - January 30, 2020

A barrage of briefs were filed Wednesday in the ongoing case against UNC’s agreement to give the Silent Sam Confederate statue to the NC Division of the Sons of Confederate veterans – along with $2.5 million. A group of 88 prominent UNC-Chapel Hill alumni and donors moved to file an amicus brief in the case.