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Folt Apologizes for UNC's History of Slavery Late Night with Roy Go to page 8 to read about UNC basketball first- years’ first public experience at the Smith Center. 125 YEARS OF SERVING UNC STUDENTS AND THE UNIVERSITY MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2018 VOLUME 126, ISSUE 51 Folt apologizes for UNC’s history of slavery By Cynthia Dong sification in the 20th century. Staff Writer “A new voice found favor amongst a new generation of aspiring stu - In a year where debates surround- dents, who demanded that the ing Silent Sam have taken prece - University open its doors to all North dence in campus discourse, many Carolinians,” Leloudis said. University Day speakers empha - Leloudis is a member of the sized the need to carry the lessons of Chancellor’s Task Force on UNC- UNC’s past into its future. Chapel Hill History, which was creat- On its 225th birthday, UNC ed to tell the story of UNC’s past. It’s administrators, faculty, staff and responsible for exhibits around cam- students looked back on its check- pus that aim to teach the history of the ered history to help UNC adapt to a University, especially regarding race modern age. and democracy. During his address, he Chancellor Carol Folt opened gave an update on markers that will go the University Day ceremony with up around McCorkle Place. remarks on UNC’s mission to pro- “New signs and thresholds at the vide an accessible, affordable and quad entrances will mark the birth- excellent education to all students. place of American public higher Folt acknowledged the debt owed education and also acknowledge the by UNC to the indigenous people of indigenous peoples who are the orig- North Carolina and the slaves who inal stewards of this land and whose built the University. descendants work, discover, learn “As chancellor of the University and teach here today,” Leloudis said. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I He said there will be another near offer our University’s deepest apol- the Unsung Founders memorial to ogy for the injustices of slavery, our express the University’s remorse for full acknowledgement of the slave its role in the injustices of slavery. people’s strength in the face of their “That sign will also invite visitors suffering and our respect and indebt- to join us in the ongoing work of edness to them, and I reaffirm our researching and recovering the full University’s commitment to facing humanity of the enslaved men and squarely and working to right the women who built so much of the wrongs of history, so they’re never early University,” he said. again inflicted,” Folt said. Leloudis said once the final des- DTH/EMILY CAROLINE SARTIN A long round of applause from the tination of Silent Sam is deter - Chancellor Carol Folt attends the UNC football game against Virginina Tech on Saturday in Kenan Memorial Stadium. Folt audience followed and Folt contin- mined, the History Task Force will issued an apology the day before during University Day, in Memorial Hall, regarding the University’s exploitation of slaves. ued, expressing her hope to see UNC create educational materials for the learn from its history, bad and good. Confederate monument. painful, are also enlightening and es just as our predecessors worked “We must leave a world and a “Our apology must lead to pur- Gesturing to the rosters of necessary to shape the University’s through the challenges, making healthy planet in which those who poseful action, and it must build on Confederate soldiers on either side of future. their Carolina better.” follow us can thrive,” Folt said. “A rich the efforts and the sacrifices of so the stage, Leloudis said the history of Quoting former North Carolina Folt’s keynote address made pre- legacy that is going to be founded in many across the years who fought those memorials, Memorial Hall and Governor William Holden, Leloudis dictions for UNC’s future. honesty, trust and goodwill. There so hard for much of what we value many buildings around UNC’s cam- said, “These universities are not the “We will continue to work to are some periods in our nation’s his- at Carolina today,” Folt said. “If pus will be part of the History Task work of a day. They are of the ages connect our present with our past. tory when those qualities can seem done with honesty and resolve, with Force’s effort to tell the full story of and the centuries.” Honestly, openly and deeply,” Folt to be in short supply, and that’s when strength and purpose, our choices UNC’s history. Felicia A. Washington, vice chan- said. “That includes but certainly is it’s absolutely most vital for us to cul- will help us come to terms with our “We know from a campuswide cellor for Workforce Strategy, Equity not limited to the Confederate mon- tivate the qualities that connect us.” past and move to the better future.” audit that we undertook, that there are and Engagement, addressed the ument and the ongoing effort to con- Each keynote speaker urged the The keynote speakers continued 183 named buildings and memorials, University’s present, the progress textualize the names of the historic UNC community to remember all the theme of carrying the echoes of monuments and spaces on this cam- made, its position as a champion of buildings and places on our campus.” of the University’s history to avoid history into the future. pus,” Leloudis said. “Thirty three, or opportunity and the work to be done. Folt said UNC would work to repeating its past mistakes. James Leloudis, a UNC history just under a fifth, are named for people “We wrestle with challenges, such adapt to a modern world in inno- As the UNC Ceremonial Band professor, reminded the audience of who owned slaves. Ten are named for as the NCAA controversy and HB2 vative ways, globalize, diversify played the opening notes of Hark the the University’s past struggles with political figures and scholars who were or today’s seriously complex Title IX and support its student body, allow Sound, signaling the end of the cele- inclusion and equality, from its begin- advocates of white supremacy. Twenty responsibilities and Silent Sam,” said UNC’s faculty to take their work bration, professors, administrators, nings as a university for the elite, to three are named for women, five for Washington. “I believe Carolina will to a global stage and help North students and graduates linked arms its place in the midst of antebellum African Americans.” be even stronger and better because Carolina prepare its workforce and and sang the alma mater. white supremacy, to its gradual diver- Leloudis said these stories, though we will work through the challeng- economy for the future. [email protected] Our guide to what’s happened since Silent Sam came down In one month’s time Chancellor Carol Folt and the Board of Trustees will present their plan for what to do with Silent Sam to the Board of Governors. Here’s a recap of everything that has happened with the Confederate monument in this school year. By Taylor Buck demonstrated around the pedestal on Blue told officers at the protest to businesses have lost an estimated cized protesters and the University’s Assistant University Editor McCorkle Place. Seven arrests were give protesters “lots of space” and to $189,000 in retail and $10,000 in response to Silent Sam’s toppling. made, including three for assault, two “back up” shortly before Silent Sam wages, said Elinor Landess, interim Sept. 14: Over 800 pages of texts Aug. 20: Silent Sam is pulled down for the destruction of property, one for was pulled down. executive director for Chapel Hill and emails exchanged between UNC by protesters the night before classes resisting an officer and one for assault, Aug. 30: Neo-Confederate group Downtown Partnership. officials between Aug. 20-21 were start following speeches at the Peace destruction of property and inciting a Alamance County Taking Back Sept. 5: Eight UNC graduate lead- released by WRAL, including a mes- and Justice Plaza by several activists, riot. UNC Media Relations confirms Alamance County N.C. held a “twi- ers of the Campaign for Carolina sent sage from the recently retired Winston including Maya Little, who faces that three warrants were also filed for light service” at the base of Silent a letter to Folt supporting the reloca- Crisp, vice chancellor for Student charges of defacement of a public individuals involved in the Aug. 20 pro- Sam, while anti-Silent Sam activists tion of Silent Sam. Affairs, saying, “One can hope,” in monument for painting Silent Sam test, bringing the total arrests to 11. A simultaneously held a dance party. Sept. 6: UNC Black faculty release response to a question of whether pro- red last year. The statue was removed letter signed by professors from almost Although police kept the groups a letter supporting the permanent testers would pull Silent Sam down. to an undisclosed location. At the every department at UNC was sent to separate with barricades, two pep- removal of Silent Sam. Sept. 24: Folt announces the cre- protest, one person was arrested for Folt and Provost Bob Blouin, telling per foggers were deployed and three Sept. 8: Eight were arrested ation of an email account for the resisting arrest and wearing a mask Folt to keep Silent Sam down. arrests were made. during demonstrations by anti-Si- community to use to share their or hood on public property. Aug. 26: Another warrant with a Aug. 31: In a conference call with lent Sam protesters and members of ideas for the future of Silent Sam.
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