Photos: See No Kings protests around the country

By NPR Staff (NPR)
June 15, 2025 4:04 a.m.
People gather in Houston for the "No Kings" nationwide demonstration on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via AP)

People gather in Houston for the "No Kings" nationwide demonstration on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Raquel Natalicchio

No Kings protests took place across the country from New York City to Atlanta to Los Angeles.

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The 50501 Movement, which stands for 50 states, 50 protests, one movement, said the nationwide protests are aimed at calling attention to what they say are authoritarian actions of the Trump administration.

Here is what it looked like.

Texas

Houston: A protester shouts with a megaphone at No Kings protest.

Houston: A protester shouts with a megaphone at No Kings protest.

Lucio Vasquez

Thousands march for the ‘No Kings Day’ protest Saturday, June 14, 2025, in downtown Dallas.

Dallas: Thousands march for the No Kings protest Saturday, June 14, 2025, in downtown.

Yfat Yossifor

Austin: A woman wears a duck beak during the No Kings protest at the Texas Capitol.

Austin: A woman wears a duck beak during the No Kings protest at the Texas Capitol.

Patricia Lim

Austin: Thousands of protestors gather during the No Kings protest at the Texas Capitol.

Austin: Thousands of protestors gather during the No Kings protest at the Texas Capitol.

Patricia Lim

Connecticut

Hartford, Ct. — June 14, 2025 — A passenger in a car gives a sign of support for protestors at the Connecticut State Capitol during today’s No Kings protest in Hartford, Ct. Event organizers said nearly 7000 people attended the event. (Mark Mirko/Connecticut Public)

Hartford: A passenger in a car gives a sign of support for protestors at the Connecticut State Capitol.

Mark Mirko

Hartford: Demonstrators outside The Connecticut State Capitol chant during a No Kings protest that event organizers said an estimated 7000 people attended.

Hartford: Demonstrators outside The Connecticut State Capitol chant during a No Kings protest that event organizers said an estimated 7000 people attended.

Mark Mirko

Hartford, Ct.: A person wearing a twi-corner hat and spectacles resembling those affiliated with Benjamin Franklin.

Hartford, Ct.: A person wearing a twi-corner hat and spectacles resembling those affiliated with Benjamin Franklin.

Mark Mirko

Missouri

St. Louis: Thousands march in downtown St. Louis  during the No Kings protest.

St. Louis: Thousands march in downtown St. Louis during the No Kings protest.

Brian Munoz

St. Louis: James Slinkard, 21, holds hands with Taylor Cunningham, 22, both of Cape Girardeau, Mo., while protesting. “I feel like I have the responsibility to be here because there are people who can’t be,” said Cunningham. “I feel like I have to protest.”

St. Louis: James Slinkard, 21, holds hands with Taylor Cunningham, 22, both of Cape Girardeau, Mo., while protesting. "I feel like I have the responsibility to be here because there are people who can't be," said Cunningham. "I feel like I have to protest."

Brian Munoz

St. Louis: Robert Hull, a 76-year-old demonstrator from St. Charles, left in green, protests alongside his granddaughter Maddie Flynn, 29 of Wentzville, center, during the No Kings protest, in downtown St. Louis. “I cannot stand to see injustices perpetrated against groups of people,” she said. “I have the privilege to speak up and my grandpa taught me to stand up for people who can’t stand up for themselves.”

St. Louis: Robert Hull, a 76-year-old demonstrator from St. Charles, left in green, protests alongside his granddaughter Maddie Flynn, 29 of Wentzville, center, during the No Kings protest, in downtown St. Louis. "I cannot stand to see injustices perpetrated against groups of people," she said. "I have the privilege to speak up and my grandpa taught me to stand up for people who can't stand up for themselves."

Brian Munoz

Washington

Seattle: Demonstrators cheer after getting a horn from the Seattle Monorail while marching from Cal Anderson Park to Seattle Center.

Seattle: Demonstrators cheer after getting a horn from the Seattle Monorail while marching from Cal Anderson Park to Seattle Center.

Megan Farmer

Seattle: Imelda, a demonstrator, holds a red rose while draped in an American flag while protesting.

Seattle: Imelda, a demonstrator, holds a red rose while draped in an American flag while protesting.

Megan Farmer

California

San Francisco: Thousands of protesters march down Dolores Street.

San Francisco: Thousands of protesters march down Dolores Street.

Martin do Nascimento

San Francisco: People form a human banner at Ocean Beach.

San Francisco: People form a human banner at Ocean Beach.

Santiago Mejia

San Francisco: Thousands of protesters march down Dolores Street.

San Francisco: Thousands of protesters march down Dolores Street.

Martin do Nascimento

San Diego: A musician watches as thousands of protestors, reflected in their sunglasses, march through downtown.

San Diego: A musician watches as thousands of protestors, reflected in their sunglasses, march through downtown.

Kori Suzuki

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Sheriff's deputies stand guard on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall as protesters assemble.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Sheriff's deputies stand guard on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall as protesters assemble.

Richard Vogel

Los Angeles: Demonstrators deploy a giant banner reading "We the People," the first three words of the U.S. Constitution's preamble.

Los Angeles: Demonstrators deploy a giant banner reading "We the People," the first three words of the U.S. Constitution's preamble.

Etienne Laurent

Tennessee

Thousands gathered in Nashville Saturday morning, first crowding Bicentennial Park, before lining nearby streets.

In Nashville, protestors lined the streets around the city's Germantown neighborhood during the No Kings protest.

Cynthia Abrams

Georgia

Atlanta: Police deployed tear gas on protesters on Chamblee Tucker Road in Embry Hills on Saturday afternoon after some attempted to get onto the ramp to I-285.

Atlanta: Police deployed tear gas on protesters on Chamblee Tucker Road in Embry Hills on Saturday afternoon after some attempted to get onto the ramp to I-285.

Matthew Pearson

Macon, Ga.: People gathered Saturday in the same strip of downtown park used for a political rally nearly every weekend since the Hands Off protests in April.

Macon, Ga.: People gathered Saturday in the same strip of downtown park used for a political rally nearly every weekend since the Hands Off protests in April.

Grant Blankenship

At the Macon, Ga. No Kings protest.

Macon: Protesters assembled in downtown Macon.

Grant Blankenship

Virginia

Charlottesvile, Va.: People take to the streets to protest.

Charlottesvile, Va.: People take to the streets to protest.

Shaban Athuman

Oklahoma

Tulsa: Protesters gather for protest in downtown Tulsa.

Tulsa: Protesters gather for protest in downtown Tulsa.

Ben Abrams

Minnesota

St. Paul: A demonstrator looks on as a speaker addresses the crowd during a "No Kings" protest.

St. Paul: A demonstrator looks on as a speaker addresses the crowd during a "No Kings" protest.

Stephen Maturen

St. Paul: Demonstrators rally outside the Minnesota State Capitol building.

St. Paul: Demonstrators rally outside the Minnesota State Capitol building.

Stephen Maturen

St. Paul: People take photos as demonstrators march to the Minnesota State Capitol building.

St. Paul: People take photos as demonstrators march to the Minnesota State Capitol building.

Stephen Maturen

Pennsylvania

Martin Luther King III, center right, and his wife Arndrea Waters King

Philadelphia: Martin Luther King III, center right, and his wife Arndrea Waters King, center left, march.

Yuki Iwamura

Philadelphia: Demonstrators fill Eakins Oval in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Philadelphia: Demonstrators fill Eakins Oval in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Yuki Iwamura

Illinois

Chicago: Demonstrators take part in the No Kings Day protest.

Chicago: Demonstrators take part in the No Kings Day protest.

Nam Y. Huh

Florida

Tallahassee, Fla: Anna Marie Shealy dressed as Lady Liberty

Tallahassee, Fla: Anna Marie Shealy dressed as Lady Liberty for the No Kings protest.

Kate Payne

West Palm Beach, Fla.: Palm Beach Sheriff officers keep protesters from crossing a bridge to President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.

West Palm Beach, Fla.: Palm Beach Sheriff officers keep protesters from crossing a bridge to President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.

Joe Raedle

 Tallahassee, Fla.: People gather on the grounds of Florida’s old capitol.

Tallahassee, Fla.: People gather on the grounds of Florida's old capitol.

Kate Payne

France

Paris, France: People holding umbrellas reading save democracy take part in the No Kings  protest.

Paris, France: People holding umbrellas reading save democracy take part in the No Kings protest.

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