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President Joe Biden has officially designated the site of the 1908 Springfield Race Riot as a national monument using his authority through the Antiquities Act.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - President Joe Biden announced his plans to formally designate the site of the 1908 Springfield Race Riot as a natio…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Springfield community members are calling on President Biden to commemorate the site of 1908 Springfield Race Riots…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Springfield NAACP has created a petition to urge President Joe Biden to designate the site of the 1908 Springfi…
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WASHINGTON (WAND) – The National Park Service delivered the 1908 Springfield Race Riot Special Resource Study to Congress on Tuesday.
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(WAND)-In honor of the 152nd anniversary of the passing of the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in Congress last week, U.S. Representat…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) re-introduced legislation to designate the sites of the 1908 Race Riot in Springfield as a national monument.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - A piece of legislation from Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville) that would make the site of the 1908 Springfield Race…