![Alexa Donaphin stands among the crowd as everyone settles in for the rally Jan. 20, 2025 at the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. Donaphin grew up in Washington, D.C. and is a Howard graduate. “I feel like we have to do something,” she said. “We have to be in action. I protested in 2017 when Donald Trump was elected. I came for the Women’s March, in fact, I marched in New York just this past Saturday and I am down here today.”](https://dailyegyptian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MLK-day-photos-dmp-8787-1200x801.jpg)
With a day off of work, Ossie Williams traveled 20-plus hours from Texas to Washington, D.C. While thousands of Americans gathered at the Capital...
![David Kreutz looks out on the line of Trump supporters that wind down the street, all waiting to get into Capital One Arena early in the morning Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C., to view the swearing-in ceremony from a livestream after frigid temperatures moved the ceremony indoors. Kreutz, wearing a large Donald Trump-themed cowboy hat and flag, took the first train out at 5 a.m. to get to the arena in hopes to get indoors as he did the day prior for the Make America Great Again Victory Rally.](https://dailyegyptian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/MG_9176-1200x800.jpg)
January 20, 2025
The bitter cold that moved the inauguration events for Donald Trump’s second term indoors didn't stop those attending from wearing creative-themed...
![A protester holds a Palestinian flag in front of the We Fight Back protesters’ march Jan. 20, 2025 that went from the Meridian Hill Park down 16th Street to DuPont Circle Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C.](https://dailyegyptian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/01202024_WeFightBack_Enan-Chediak-10-800x1200.jpg)
“Down! Down with occupation! Up! Up with liberation!” and chants alike were shouted by protestors as they marched down 16th Street during...