On August 9, 2024, President Joe Biden established the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument as America’s newest national park site — the eighth addition to the national park system during the Biden-Harris administration. The new national monument will tell the story of the violent, racially motivated riot in President Abraham Lincoln’s hometown of Springfield, Illinois in 1908 that was a catalyst for important steps in the civil rights movement, including the formation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The Presidential Proclamation signed today details several days of mass violence that took place August 14–16,
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