Folt led the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill amid an intense debate over a Confederate statue.
that Folt described as a “truly strong interactive center that tells our full history of this university.”
♦ According to reports at the time, Folt ordered the base for the toppled statue removed because of continuing unspecified threats. “Despite our best efforts, even since that time, threats have continued to grow and place our community at serious risk. This led me to the action that I authorized,” she told reporters in January. “While I recognize that some may not agree with my decision to remove the base and tablets now, I’m confident that this was the right one for our community.
♦ The action brought cheers from many quarters on campus, and some said Folt was brave for taking a stand. But conservatives in the state slammed her, including some on the board that oversaw the university. Folt, said the Sons of Confederate Veterans, “has effectively erased the contribution and sacrifice of these brave veterans and the tribute paid to them by subsequent generations."
The largest piece of a Confederate monument pedestal at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is lifted away. ♦ Folt stunned many by announcing she would step down at the same time the statue was removed. In a letter announcing her resignation, Folt said: “There has been too much recent disruption due to the monument controversy. Carolina’s leadership needs to return its full attention to helping our University achieve its vision and to live its values.
♦ The university trustees ended up having her leave months earlier than she had planned. “We feel strongly that it’s probably in the best interest to go ahead and allow a change in leadership so we can move to a healing process,” a board trustee and critic of Folt told the News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C.
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