'We have to confront our past': Students, alums react to UNC's plans for James Cates Jr. memorial

Posted Aug 25, 2022
Just days before classes began for the fall semester, UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz shared plans to create a permanent memorial for James Cates Jr., a Chapel Hill man who was killed on-campus in 1970. The 22-year-old, who lived near campus, attended a party and was stabbed to death by three members of a white supremacist biker gang. (WTVD)

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