President Joe Biden is expected to sign a proclamation designating a national monument in Springfield, Illinois, at the site of a 1908 race riot that later fueled the formation of the NAACP.
FILE - Sculptures representing charred chimneys rising from the smoldering rubble of burned-out buildings make up the Centennial memorial of the 1908 Race Riot entitled,"Acts of Intolerance" by Preston Jackson, on Wednesday March 22, 2023, in Springfield, Ill. – President Joe Biden is set to sign a proclamation Friday to designate a national monument at the Springfield, Illinois, site of the 1908 race riot, which later fueled the formation of the NAACP.
“It’s tragic. It’s unfortunate that it comes on the heels of Sonya Massey, but let's say her name — Sonya Massey — and if it takes the president, the vice president and everyone else to recognize that and make this happen, it’s about time," continued Haley, who founded of Visions 1908, a civil rights, social and economic justice and educational advocacy group
The National Guard was called in to restore order. White rioters were charged, but later acquitted for their roles in the lynching and destruction. Sontae Massey, who was very close to his cousin Sonya Massey, said the family is descended from William Donegan, an 84-year-old cobbler, married to a white woman, who was lynched the first night of the riot. Now, the current generation is dealing with the tragic loss of another family member.
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