Angelo Merendino/ Getty Images By Kizzy Cox ·Updated August 23, 2024
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, looted and destroyed Black businesses and homes in Springfield, Illinois, and two Black men were lynched. The impetus for the riots was a white woman’s claim that a Black
