President Biden signed a proclamation that ensures the Springfield race riots of 1908 are never forgotten by declaring the site a national monument, reports CNN. In August 1908, a white mob burned, ...

(NNPA Newswire) – On the 116th anniversary of the Springfield Race Riot, President Joe Biden signed a proclamation establishing the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument in Springfield, ...

Lying about Black people is nothing new in political campaigning. Despite the thorough debunking of false rumors that Haitian immigrants were eating cats and dogs in Springfield, Ohio, former ...

President Biden signed a proclamation Friday to establish the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument in Illinois at the site of a deadly attack by a White mob on a Black community 116 years ago.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - President Joe Biden announced his plans to formally designate the site of the 1908 Springfield Race Riot as a national monument using his authority through the Antiquities ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — The White House will move to designate the site of the Springfield Race Riot as a national monument. Illinois State Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (D-13th) made the announcement ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to sign a proclamation Friday to designate a national monument at the Springfield, Illinois, site of the 1908 race riot, which later fueled the ...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Lying about Black people is nothing new in political campaigning. Despite the thorough ...

President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Friday designating the site of a 1908 race massacre in Springfield, Illinois, a national monument.For two nights in August 1908, a White mob laid siege to ...