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Last Updated: Feb 23, 2019 02:37PM • Subscribe via RSS • ATOM

Downtown Raleigh's Water Tower: Hidden in Plain Sight

Feb 23, 2019 02:37PM ● By Crash Gregg

Many Raleighites don't realize the city's first water tower is still standing right in the middle of downtown.

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Segregation Protests and the Integration of Restaurants in Durham

Jul 02, 2015 02:57PM ● By Jerry Gershenhorn

In Durham, before 1960, according to local custom and a city ordinance, it was illegal for blacks to dine with whites in public. Click to read about the protests that helped change that.

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From the State Archives: the Conductor, the Flag, and Sherman

Jul 02, 2015 02:15PM ● By Ian Dunn

Photographs are moments of time captured in a tangible form. This photo from the Civil War provides a window back into the story of Raleigh's surrender to the Union.

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