CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The battle over the Silent Sam Confederate monument continues on the campus at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
A crowd gathered at the university Saturday, with people voicing support and others their opposition for the statue, which was toppled during an August protest and then re-erected.
Past coverage on Silent Sam
On Friday, the UNC board rejected a plan from the board of trustees for a new, $5 million building to house Silent Sam.
Opponents said the proposed location was near a Jewish synagogue and where the majority of black students live.
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Administrators have until March 15 to come up with a different plan.
The statue has been on campus since 1913.
State law prevents the school from removing it from campus.
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