A group of students and other community members marched through the Circle and the Lyceum on Wednesday in protest of the Confederate statue located in the center of campus. Student activists and members of Students Against Social Injustice delivered a letter to university administration asking them to remove the statue, meet with student leaders and enact a hate speech policy.
Browse a gallery of photos from Wednesday’s protest below:
Students protest the Confederate monument in front of the Lyceum on Wednesday. Photo by Semaj Jordan
Student protesters march in the Circle to demand the removal of the Confederate monument on Wednesday. Photo by Reed Jones
Students gather around the Confederate monument on Wednesday in protest to demand its removal. Photo by Semaj Jordan
Student protesters march in the Circle to demand the removal of the Confederate monument on Wednesday. Photo by Reed Jones
Students gather around the Confederate monument on Wednesday in protest to demand its removal. Photo by Semaj Jordan
Students protest the Confederate monument in front of the Lyceum on Wednesday. Photo by Reed Jones