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This MLK Day, his message is as poignant as ever after Capitol racism, NC leaders say Martha Quillin, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Jan. 16 In what is sure to become an iconic documentary photo, rioters climbing the west wall of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in their jeans and winter coats are starkly silhouetted against the building s pale gray stone.
As the siege played out for hours on laptops and TVs, many Americans who watched couldn t help but see another glaring contrast: the relative ease with which hundreds of mostly white supporters of President Donald Trump were able to illegally occupy the building that serves as the heart of American democracy on the day Congress planned to affirm the victors of the 2020 presidential election.
Updated December 16, 2020 12:09 p.m. EST
By Kirsten Gutierrez, WRAL reporter
Raleigh, N.C. During a specially-called meeting on Tuesday, the Raleigh City Council passed a rezoning proposal for the proposed Downtown South development in south Raleigh.
Developers say the $2 billion project would bring jobs, amenities, businesses and a sports and entertainment stadium to the area.
Community members for and against Downtown South s rezoning proposal expressed excitement and concern during Tuesday s meeting. One of my biggest fights here in Raleigh is gentrification, gentrification I ve seen displace people. So, that s one of my major concerns, said Wanda Gilbert-Coker. A project of this type in that area will continue to cause housing costs to skyrocket, continuing to price so many people out. The concern is where are they going to go, said Chalice Overy, the associate pastor at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church.