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Springfield Site Recognized by National American Civil Rights Network

In 1908 a white mob in Springfield Illinois lynched two innocent black men after two different black men who had been arrested for rape and murder had been transferred out of town.

 

The mob of white citizens destroyed and burned down black owned businesses over two days and killed six other black residents.

 

Now the site of race riot has been included in the National African American Civil Rights Network. US Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt says reflection and understanding of what happened at the site should lead to reflection and understanding.

 

 

One of the outcomes of the riot was the creation of the National Association of Colored People or the NAACP.

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