Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

President Biden signed a proclamation Friday to establish the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument in Illinois at the site of a deadly attack by a White mob on a Black community 116 years ago.

A racing event that debuted at the Clark County Fairgrounds last year had a significant economic impact — and could expand when it returns this year, according to local leaders. The Springfield F1 ...

(Gray News) - President Joe Biden designated a new national monument on Friday to mark the site of a race riot in Springfield, Illinois. He was joined in the Oval Office by civil rights leaders, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - 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. The monument ...