UNC had agreed to a $2.5 million trust using university funds to preserve "Silent Sam," a Confederate monument. Now a civil rights group has filed motions on behalf of students and staff to block it.

UNC had agreed to a $2.5 million trust using university funds to preserve "Silent Sam," a Confederate monument. Now a civil rights group has filed motions on behalf of students and staff to block it. https://t.co/HIOi63y8sl

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