Lil Rameses interacting with UNC students
Union Soldier Campaign holds march calling for UNC to change Tar Heels nickname to Rams – 
August 10, 2020
CBS17 coverage: August 10, 2020
Union Soldier Campaign responds to UNC Board of Trustees member regarding renaming Tar Heels to Rams
At the UNC Board of Trustees meeting on July 16, 2020, a UNC Trustees member defended the University’s nickname of Tar Heels from recent attacks on social media for being associated with Confederate soldiers. “I’m very proud to be a Tar Heel,” said Charles Duckett, University Affairs Committee Chair.
Statement by William Thorpe
Director, Union Soldier Campaign
Sunday, July 19th, 2020
Chapel Hill, NC
Sir, does your statement mean you are very proud to be an epithet adopted by Confederate soldiers who fought vigorously to maintain and expand slavery?
Go Rams!
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
12:00pm – Bennett Place, Durham, NC – site of the largest surrender of Confederate troops of the Civil War
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
1:00pm – UNC-Chapel Hill
William Thorpe leads the ‘Union Soldier Campaign’ in a protest at the South Building on the UNC campus, calling for the university to drop the ‘Tar Heel’ mascot name, due to it’s connection to the civil war and the confederacy on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 in Chapel Hill, N.C. Robert Willett RWILLETT@NEWSOBSERVER.COM
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News and Observer coverage: July 14, 2020
Click here: CBS 17 Raleigh news coverage – Group calls for change to UNC’s ‘Tar Heels’ nickname – 7/14/20
Click here; News and Observer article: Does UNC’s ‘Tar Heels’ name celebrate the Confederacy? Some think it’s time for change – 7/14/20
DEDICATION: This special event was held in remembrance of all victims of racial violence by law enforcement officials or vigilantes.
Silent Sam video (satire) – Published September 10, 2018
The Union Soldier Campaign is a program of USA/UNC Walk for Health
Union Soldier Campaign theme song:
Convict The President by The Union Soldiers
(feat. William Thorpe)
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