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UNC-Chapel Hill Assoc. Prof. of #AFAM art history @UNCArtDept. Faculty Affiliate @iaarunc. Co-Executive Editor of #JournalPanorama @AHAAamericanart
Dec 4, 2018 12 tweets 6 min read
THREAD: Why weren’t faculty experts @UNC consulted on Silent Sam?
Thoughts on the #BOT’s proposal to install the Confederate monument on campus @UNC in a new University History & Education Center The report ignores the fact that Silent Sam is a monument to Jim Crow white supremacy, as historians @UNC have shown. vox.com/the-big-idea/2…