CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — After years of controversy, protests, threats and lawsuits, a judge on Wednesday approved a settlement agreement between the University of North Carolina System and the North Carolina chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans over what to do with the Confederate statue known as Silent Sam.
According to a written statement released by the university system, the agreement will now allow the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University System to "to focus on its core mission of teaching, education, and research."
“This resolution allows the University to move forward and focus on its core mission of educating students," UNC System Board of Governors Chairman Randy Ramsey said in the statement.
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