BY WALTER OPINDE Sparked by the arrest of two African-American men who were suspects in some violent crimes against the whites, the Springfield Race Riot of 1908 was a mass civil disturbance in Springfield, Illinois, U.S. on the mid-August, between dates 14 and 16 of 1908. A mob seeking to act on the two men for lynching had just discovered […]
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