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Silent Sam

The Confederate monument on McCorkle Place, its 1913 dedication and its 2018 toppling.

3 works in the index name this event.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Confederate Monument Protests collected tweets, 2017-2019

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives · 2017

UNC

Silent Sam's in Chapel Hill

1977

Exterior of Silent Sam's and Chapel Hill Cycle Shop on East Franklin Street.

DPLA

Confederate Monument, University of North Carolina, Durham

"Silent Sam"

DPLA

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