It’s within walking distance from Nash Square, the North Carolina State Capitol, and the Confederate Monument at the State Capitol, a 75-foot obelisk built in 1892, during Jim Crow.

The State Capitol was completed in 1901, and features Rose Onyx and White Yule Marble mined in Colorado, and includes portraits of former Presidents and former governors.

A Capitol police officer, left, stands with a Wisconsin state patrol officer at the top of the public gallery in the Assembly Chamber at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis., on Wednesday ...

A demonstrator appears in sunroof of vehicle along Dawson Street at the North Carolina State Capitol during the ‘No Kings’ rally on Saturday, June 14, 2025 in Raleigh, N.C. Robert Willett ...

This is among the many protests scheduled across the state. "My family and I came here 70 years ago. And the minute I was able to become a citizen, I did. At age 17, I took out the paperwork.

A demonstrator appears in sunroof of vehicle along Dawson Street at the North Carolina State Capitol during the ‘No Kings’ rally on Saturday, June 14, 2025 in Raleigh, N.C.

This is a condensed version of a speech I gave June 14 at the North Carolina State Capitol as part of the “No Kings” protests. No kings. No George III. No limitless power.

See it at eedition.newsobserver.com. Hundreds of demonstrators rally at the North Carolina State Capitol on Saturday, June 14, 2025.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Two bills focused on immigration enforcement in North Carolina are now closer to becoming law. On Tuesday, the Senate passed both SB 153 -- requiring four state law ...

This is a condensed version of a speech I gave June 14 at the North Carolina State Capitol as part of the “No Kings” protests. No kings. No George III. No limitless power. As the Declaration of ...