Chapel Hill Protesters Knock Down Famous Confederate Statue
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Almost a year to the day after a Durham, NC statue honoring Confederate soldiers was torn down by protesters, another racist monument bites the dust. Silent Sam-a Confederate monument on the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill that became a flash point after the Charlottesville protests last year-was"