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Digging Through The New Silent Sam Documents

WUNC | By Frank Stasio,
Amanda Magnus
Published December 17, 2019 at 12:52 PM EST
Protestors pulled down the confederate statue known as 'Silent Sam' in August 2018.
Protestors pulled down the confederate statue known as 'Silent Sam' in August 2018.

New documents released from the University of North Carolina System reveal some of what happened behind closed doors as UNC Board of Governors negotiated its $2.5 million settlement with the North Carolina Sons of Confederate Veterans over the controversial Silent Sam statue. Host Frank Stasio talks to WUNC daily new producer Will Michaels about new Silent Sam documents.

The documents outline the timeline of negotiations, including an initial message from the Confederate group to the UNC System back in February — nine months before the Board of Governors notified the North Carolina Attorney General that they wanted to negotiate with the group. The documents also shed light on an additional payment of $74,999 to the Confederal group in exchange for not displaying flags and banners on campus. 

Host Frank Stasio talks to WUNC daily new producer Will Michaels about what the documents show and what questions they leave unanswered.

 

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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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Amanda Magnus
Amanda Magnus grew up in Maryland and went to high school in Baltimore. She became interested in radio after an elective course in the NYU journalism department. She got her start at Sirius XM Satellite Radio, but she knew public radio was for her when she interned at WNYC. She later moved to Madison, where she worked at Wisconsin Public Radio for six years. In her time there, she helped create an afternoon drive news magazine show, called Central Time. She also produced several series, including one on Native American life in Wisconsin. She spends her free time running, hiking, and roller skating. She also loves scary movies.
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