A decade of activism: How social justice movements have continued at UNC in the 2010s
Posted Dec 23, 2019
When students and community members remember this past decade at UNC, activism will likely come to the forefront of their memory. Activism at UNC has long been part of campus life, but the decade of 2010 was full of victories and change for several movements. Student protestors toppled Silent Sam, which then prompted a deeper discussion.
(Daily Tar Heel)
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