• Mt. Hope Cemetery Exhibit at Raleigh City Museum- May 2022

    RCCP collaborated with the City of Raleigh Museum to help fund and research a traveling exhibit about those interred at Mt. Hope, a public African American cemetery. The exhibit was launched at the museum this summer and uses a QR code to access an audio tour of the cemetery. RCCP’s program about the exhibit was […]

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  • Indy Week covers Juneteenth gathering at City Cemetery

    On June 19, 2020 a group of Raleigh citizens gathered to pay respect to the enslaved people interred at City Cemetery. Not a “celebration” of Juneteenth, but a quiet tribute by volunteers who came to clear debris from about 30 headstones. Follow this link to read the whole story.

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  • Cato Plaque Dedication

    Saturday September 7, 2019, RCCP, after more than a year-long process, held a plaque dedication ceremony for a slave named Cato, a bookbinder who worked for William Boylan at his printing press. Boylan published a newspaper, The Raleigh Minerva, where Cato’s obituary was published in 1811- a remarkable and most unusual tribute to an enslaved […]

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  • In Memorium

    In memory of our friend and colleague Dean Ruedrich, an extraordinary restoration preservationist.

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  • City Cemetery Audio Tour

    The City of Raleigh recently funded the fascinating recording of historian Betsy Shaw, a founding member of RCCP, giving her tour of historic City Cemetery. Shaw has given tours at City Cemetery for more than 40 years. Please download this map and click here to access the audio.

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  • The Significance of History

    An article was published about RCCP in NC State’s Philanthropy Journal News! https://pj.news.chass.ncsu.edu/2017/04/03/the-significance-of-history/

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  • Podcast on Mt. Hope GIS Project

    Team Members at KCI discuss the Mt. Hope GIS project on this podcast.

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  • O’Rorke Catholic Cemetery Walking Tour Map

    We have a beautiful new walking tour map for O’Rorke Catholic Cemetery. It features information on some of  the notable people who are buried here along with a history of the site and photographs of headstones. Click this link to download and print a copy: O’Rorke Catholic Cemetery Walking Tour Map

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