UNC Students Rally to Rename Building Honoring KKK Leader

By Julissa Catalan


Students at one of the oldest public education institutions in the country think it’s time for their school to get on the right side of history.

The Real Silent Sam Coalition—a student- and alumni-created organization that hopes “to create honest and public dialogue and provoke critical thought surrounding the monuments and buildings in Chapel Hill”—is behind Rename Saunders, a campaign initiative aiming to change the name of a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill building that honors Ku Klux Klan leader William L. Saunders.

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