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UNC Places Tenured Professor Dwayne Dixon on Leave Over Alleged Advocacy of Political Violence

The review follows renewed scrutiny of a 2018 Harvard panel video alongside Dixon’s past ties to the now-disbanded Redneck Revolt.

Overview

  • UNC said the leave permits an integrity-protecting investigation and warned the conduct under review could lead to disciplinary action up to termination.
  • Video of Dixon’s 2018 talk at Harvard’s Carr-Ryan Center discussing armed antifascist action was removed from the center’s YouTube page after his leave.
  • Dixon previously belonged to a Silver Valley chapter of Redneck Revolt, says he left in 2018, and the group’s website says it disbanded in 2019.
  • Students rallied both for and against Dixon on campus, and AAUP leaders in North Carolina and at UNC condemned the move and urged his reinstatement.
  • Georgetown removed fliers referencing Charlie Kirk’s death that linked to a John Brown Gun Club sign-up form, Google took down the form, and the university reported the fliers to the FBI.