Chapel Hill cemetery marker removed amid controversy

by Erin Wygant

What began as a well-intentioned effort to recognize long-forgotten Chapel Hill residents is now the center of controversy. It concerns a new monument in the African-American section of Old Chapel Hill Cemetery that  was intended to mark more than 300 previously unmarked graves.

This Wake Up, Carolina story details the marker’s original placement:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujtX4elvxjA

Here is an update regarding the marker’s removal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J3SiYIDFj8