“Protesters toppled “Silent Sam,” the towering Confederate monument at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on Monday night, swiftly intensifying a debate over a divisive symbol at a renowned public institution.
“The guerrilla demolition of the statue on the night before fall classes began, in apparent defiance of North Carolina law, provoked a crush of official outrage that may reverberate for months in Chapel Hill and in Raleigh, the state capital.
“But the mood on campus on Monday night and Tuesday was celebratory. Critics of the monument, who condemned the 105-year-old display as an enduring tribute to white supremacy, hailed the potentially permanent demise of a statue that had been reviled for decades.”
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