WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Friday to designate a national monument at the site of the 1908 race riot in Springfield, Illinois. Administration officials and ...

In her first term as a U.S. Representative, Nikki Budzinski said the push to make the site of the Springfield 1908 Race Riot a national monument was "the single largest ask of the Biden Administration ...

In August of 1908, mobs of white people attempted to drive the African American citizens of Springfield, Illinois, from that city during two days of murder, arson, and beatings. Outraged that such ...

President Joe Biden crosses his fingers as he speaks to reporters after signing a proclamation to designate the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument at the White House in Washington, Aug. 16, ...

Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski, Senator Dick Durbin, Senator Tammy Duckworth and officials from the Department of the Interior were all in attendance. The ceremony was held on Wednesday, October 9, at ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - The City of Springfield is hosting a city-wide observance in August commemorating the 1908 Springfield Race Riot. From Aug. 14-16, organizations across the city will present ...

SPRINGFIELD — The former home of Abraham Lincoln and seat of state government, Illinois' capital city also carries a dark chapter in its history that some might rather forget. Making sure that doesn't ...

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 ...

President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Friday to designate a national monument at the site of the 1908 race riot in Springfield, Illinois. New owners are raising the curtain on the Old Town theater ...