Join Raleigh Historic Sites and the LGBT Center of Raleigh for a 'Pride Ride' celebrating the city's LGBTQ+ history! This tour will highlight historic locations, neighborhoods, businesses, churches and other points of interest important to the evolution of Raleigh’s LGBTQ+ community. The LGBT Center will host a table on-site to share information about their programs, resources, and the 12th annual Out! Raleigh Pride festival. For more information, please call the Mordecai Historic Park Visitor Center at 919-996-4364.

Enjoy a narrated tour of downtown Raleigh aboard the Historic Raleigh Trolley! Trolley tours are offered each Saturday from March through December, with the exception of City Holidays. Hour-long Saturday tours begin and end at Mordecai Historic Park at 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., and 2 p.m. Please arrive early for receipts to be checked and to meet the trolley on time. Receipts are required to board the trolley and will be emailed to you when purchased online, over the phone, or at the Mordecai Historic Park Visitor Center. Digital or printed receipts will be accepted. If you need assistance or have any questions, please call (919) 996-4364.

Enjoy a narrated tour of downtown Raleigh aboard the Historic Raleigh Trolley! Trolley tours are offered each Saturday from March through December, with the exception of City Holidays. Hour-long Saturday tours begin and end at Mordecai Historic Park at 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., and 2 p.m. Please arrive early for receipts to be checked and to meet the trolley on time. Receipts are required to board the trolley and will be emailed to you when purchased online, over the phone, or at the Mordecai Historic Park Visitor Center. Digital or printed receipts will be accepted. If you need assistance or have any questions, please call (919) 996-4364.

Enjoy a narrated tour of downtown Raleigh aboard the Historic Raleigh Trolley! Trolley tours are offered each Saturday from March through December, with the exception of City Holidays. Hour-long Saturday tours begin and end at Mordecai Historic Park at 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., and 2 p.m. Please arrive early for receipts to be checked and to meet the trolley on time. Receipts are required to board the trolley and will be emailed to you when purchased online, over the phone, or at the Mordecai Historic Park Visitor Center. Digital or printed receipts will be accepted. If you need assistance or have any questions, please call (919) 996-4364.

Enjoy a narrated tour of downtown Raleigh aboard the Historic Raleigh Trolley! Trolley tours are offered each Saturday from March through December, with the exception of City Holidays. Hour-long Saturday tours begin and end at Mordecai Historic Park at 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., and 2 p.m. Please arrive early for receipts to be checked and to meet the trolley on time. Receipts are required to board the trolley and will be emailed to you when purchased online, over the phone, or at the Mordecai Historic Park Visitor Center. Digital or printed receipts will be accepted. If you need assistance or have any questions, please call (919) 996-4364.

Celebrate Juneteenth with this special trolley tour around Raleigh highlighting the downtown area's Black history. Tour route includes historic homes, schools, churches, and business areas important to Raleigh's African American heritage. The trolley departs from Mordecai Historic Park and lasts approximately fifty minutes. Come early or stay after to enjoy Mordecai History Park's Juneteenth celebration from 10 am to 4 pm.

For more information, please call the Mordecai Historic Park Visitor Center at 919-996-4364.

Back by Popular demand, author and local historian Carmen Wimberly Cauthen will be doing her Trolley tour of Historic Black Neighborhoods for Emancipation Day! Join Cauthen to explore some of Raleigh’s historic black neighborhoods. The tour will start at the Top Greene Community Center (401 Martin Luther King Blvd Raleigh, NC 27601)

About the Book: The story of Raleigh's African American communities begins before the Civil War.
Towns like Oberlin Village were built by free people of color in the antebellum era. During Reconstruction, the creation of thirteen freedmen's villages defined the racial boundaries of Raleigh. These neighborhoods demonstrate the determination and resilience of formerly enslaved North Carolinians. After World War II, new suburbs sprang up, telling tales of the growth and struggles of the Black community under Jim Crow. Many of these communities endure today. Dozens of never before published pictures and maps illustrate this hidden history. Local historian Carmen Wimberly Cauthen tells the story of a people who—despite slavery—wanted to learn, grow, and be treated as any others.

For questions or more information, please call the Top Greene Community Center at 919-996-6590