How does this artwork elucidate its Overturned transfer to Sons of Confederate Veterans?
In November 2019 the University of North Carolina's board of governors announced that ownership of the statue was being transferred to the North Carolina Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), on the condition that it not be displayed in any county in which the university has a campus. The university also agreed to fund an independent charitable trust – with $2.5 million in money not from the state – to be used for care and preservation of the statue.This settlement offer came on November 27, 2019, two minutes after the Sons of Confederate Veterans sued the UNC system and its board of governors. The settlement was ordered five minutes after the response was filed. A letter distributed to the SCV members, briefing them on the settlement, was published via Dropbox by attorney T. Greg Doucette. It was removed by Dropbox due to a complaint of violation of the DMCA, but subsequently republished by news sources.The agreement was criticised by university staff, alumni and students, who accused the university of a back-room deal with white supremacists. There had been no public meeting to discuss the settlement, or any public announcement of the lawsuit or potential deal until it was settled.On February 12, 2020, after the statue and money had been handed over to the SCV, Orange County Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour, who had originally approved the settlement, overturned it, noting that the deal had been agreed before the lawsuit existed, and ruling that the Sons of Confederate Veterans lacked standing for the suit.The university subsequently sought help from the judge to recover the statue and money from the SCV. Baddour ruled April 8 that $2.42 million from the trust fund go back to the UNC system in 10 days. The trust would then be dissolved. Baddour also ruled that the statue be returned by May 5. The statue and money were subsequently returned and Baddour dismissed the lawsuit on April 28.
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