Riot led to the formation of the NAACP
President Joe Biden designated a 1908 Springfield, Illinois race riot site as a national monument Friday. The riot led to the formation of the NAACP.President Joe Biden on Friday designated a national monument at the site of the 1908 race riot in Springfield, Ill., a seminal moment in the United States' long and difficult history with racial violence targeting Black people.
Still, Biden, who has repeatedly criticized Trump for sowing racial discord and failing to speak out against white supremacy, in his Oval Office remarks expressed concern that the country is at moment where he continues "worrying about people wanting to erase history." Two Black men, Scott Burton and William Donnegan were lynched, dozens of Black-owned and Jewish-owned businesses were looted and vandalized, and several Black-owned homes were damaged or destroyed. At least eight white people were also 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.
The National Park Service in 2018 completed a reconnaissance survey of sites associated with the Springfield riot and a special resource study in 2023 that found the sites met the criteria for inclusion in the National Park System.
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