Editing Carrboro, North Carolina (section)

===Name===
Carrboro was named for [[Julian S. Carr]], a UNC alumnus, trustee, honorary degree recipient, industrialist, and philanthropist whose company brought electric power to the town. Carr was also a [[white supremacist]] who opposed black suffrage, defended the [[Ku Klux Klan]] and [[lynching in the United States|lynching]]s, and endorsed the [[Lost Cause of the Confederacy|"Lost Cause"]] interpretation of the Civil War, during which he served as a private in the [[Confederate States Army]]. A 2011 letter to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student newspaper, ''[[The Daily Tar Heel]]'', called attention to Carr's remarks at the 1913 dedication of the ''[[Silent Sam]]'' monument on the University of North Carolina campus.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Domby |first=Adam |date=January 20, 2011 |title=Why Silent Sam Was Built: A Historian's Perspective |url=http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2011/01/why_silent_sam_was_built_a_historians_perspective |newspaper=[[The Daily Tar Heel]] |access-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-date=August 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824002255/http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2011/01/why_silent_sam_was_built_a_historians_perspective |url-status=live }}</ref> The following passage, quoted in the letter, has become locally famous:

{{Blockquote|One hundred yards from where we stand, less than ninety days perhaps after my return from [[Old Appomattox Court House|Appomattox]], I horse whipped a negro wench until her skirts hung in shreds because she had maligned and insulted a Southern lady, and then rushed for protection to these University buildings where was stationed a garrison of 100 Federal soldiers. I performed the pleasing duty in the immediate presence of the entire garrison.<ref name="brundage">{{Cite web |last=Brundage |first=W. Fitzhugh |date=August 18, 2017 |title=I've Studied the History of Confederate Memorials. Here's What to Do About Them |url=http://www.vox.com/platform/amp/the-big-idea/2017/8/18/16165160/confederate-monuments-history-charlottesville-white-supremacy |access-date=August 21, 2018 |website=[[Vox (web site)|Vox]] |archive-date=August 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821124728/https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/the-big-idea/2017/8/18/16165160/confederate-monuments-history-charlottesville-white-supremacy |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

As a result of this publication, a petition to change the town's name arose,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Christensen |first=Rob |date=September 1, 2018 |title=Duke History Professors Ignore School's Past As They Push to Remove Julian Carr's Name |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article217706210.html |work=[[News & Observer]] |access-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-date=September 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912235447/https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article217706210.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Coclanis |first=Peter A. |date=September 26, 2017 |title=Julian Carr Did Wrong, but Also a Good Deal Right |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article175617056.html |work=[[News & Observer]] |access-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-date=December 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205112746/https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article175617056.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and former mayor Jim Porto in 2016 asked the Board of Aldermen to rename the town.<ref name=Name/> According to Alderwoman Jacquie Gist, "Changing Carrboro's name is not a realistic option". A name change would require legislative approval, and according to former mayor Mark Chilton, "You change it to something besides Carrboro, you're really asking to be interfered with by the state legislature, and it won't be for the best."<ref name=Name/> In 2019, Carrboro erected  a truth plaque, distancing the town from the values and actions of Julian Carr.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Antrim |first=Aislinn |date=April 17, 2019 |title=Carrboro Recognizes Town's History with New Truth Plaque About Namesake Julian Carr |url=https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2019/04/carrboro-truth-plaque-ceremony-0417 |newspaper=[[The Daily Tar Heel]] |access-date=October 3, 2019 |archive-date=October 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002011534/https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2019/04/carrboro-truth-plaque-ceremony-0417 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Johnson |first=Joe |date=May 10, 2018 |title=What's in a Name? A Lot for Carrboro When It Comes to Namesake Julian Carr |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/orange-county/article210894174.html |work=[[News & Observer]] |access-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-date=August 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829212418/https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/orange-county/article210894174.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Johnson |first=Joe |date=September 12, 2018 |title=Can Carrboro Square Its Link to Julian Carr? A Group Will Try with a 'Truth Plaque.' |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/orange-county/article217904745.html |work=[[News & Observer]]}}</ref>

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen passed a resolution in 2017 calling for the removal of ''Silent Sam''.<ref name="Grubb">{{Cite news |last1=Grubb |first1=Tammy |last2=Stancill |first2=Jane |last3=Brosseau |first3=Carli |date=August 21, 2018 |title=Hands Off? Police Response to Two Silent Sam Protests Were Far Different |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/orange-county/article217065760.html |work=[[News & Observer]] |access-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-date=September 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918194235/https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/orange-county/article217065760.html |url-status=live }}</ref>