Early Monday evening, student activists covered the statue — now known as “Silent Sam” — with gray fabric banners. Maya Little calls for a monument to them; says Silent Sam must be removed. Most students, he believes, are ambivalent about Silent Sam. Several alumni told The Post that they blamed UNC’s administration for not removing Silent Sam last August, when North Carolina Gov. Monuments reflect the generation that put them up, she said, and Silent Sam had been a reflection of the Jim Crow generation and its celebration of white supremacy.

Source: Washington Post August 21, 2018 09:55 UTC