SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to sign a proclamation Friday to designate a national monument at the Springfield, Illinois, site of
FILE - Sculptures representing charred chimneys rising from the smoldering rubble of burned-out buildings make up the Centennial memorial of the 1908 Race Riot entitled,"Acts of Intolerance" by Preston Jackson, on Wednesday March 22, 2023, in Springfield, Ill. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — 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 formation of the NAACP.
“People are starting to take notice because it is an untold story,” Teresa Haley, former president of the Springfield NAACP, said of the riot. “It’s a deep, dark, dirty secret that Springfield is scared of.”. In August 1908, mobs of white residents tore through Illinois’ capital city under the pretext of meting out judgment against two Black men — one jailed on a sexual assault charge involving a white woman, and the other jailed in the separate murder of a white man.
At least eight white people were killed in the violence and more than 100 were injured, mostly by members of the state’s militia or each other, according to news articles from that period. It’s not known how many Black people were injured and killed. “It’s ironic that we are now at the very foundation of what this family has stood for for hundreds of years. We will continue to make change across America. This is just the beginning,” Massey said. “It’s appropriate. We have been the catalysts of change since 1908. We’re continuing the tradition.”
Jean-Pierre called the Springfield riot a “horrific attack by a white mob on a Black community” and said that civil rights leaders have worked to highlight what occurred “to spark national action on civil rights.” She promised that the White House would provide further details ahead of the official announcement on Friday.
Sports Weather Traffic Talk And Community. Home Mynorthwest.Com
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Biden to designate 1908 Springfield race riot site as national monumentPresident Joe Biden is expected to sign a proclamation designating a national monument in Springfield, Illinois, at the site of a 1908 race riot that later fueled the formation of the NAACP.
Read more »
Biden to designate 1908 Springfield race riot site as national monumentPresident Joe Biden is expected to sign a proclamation designating a national monument in Springfield, Illinois, at the site of a 1908 race riot that later fueled the formation of the NAACP.
Read more »
Biden to designate 1908 Springfield race riot site as national monumentPresident Joe Biden is expected to sign a proclamation designating a national monument in Springfield, Illinois, at the site of a 1908 race riot that later fueled the formation of the NAACP.
Read more »
Biden to designate 1908 Springfield race riot site as national monumentPresident Joe Biden is expected to sign a proclamation designating a national monument in Springfield, Illinois, at the site of a 1908 race riot that later fueled the formation of the NAACP.
Read more »
National monument to mark site of 1908 Springfield Race RiotsHundreds were injured, and dozens of Black-owned businesses and homes were destroyed.
Read more »
On this day in 1908On this day in 1908, a mob of about 5,000 white men thwarted in efforts to lynch two Black men began terrorizing Black Americans and their supporters.
Read more »