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 ...

(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, ...

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 ...

The site designation will ensure the remembrance of the race riots and their place in Black history. President Joe Biden has officially made the site of the 1908 Springfield Race Riots a national ...

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 ...