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Illinois bicentennial: Springfield race riot led to creation of NAACP

The remains of a black family’s residence at Ninth and Madison streets in Springfield appears after rioters stormed the area. (Virgil Davis)

The remains of a black family’s residence at Ninth and Madison streets in Springfield appears after rioters stormed the area. (Virgil Davis)

After the 1908 race riot in Springfield, Mabel Hallam admitted she fabricated the accusation that George Richardson, a black man, had raped her. (Abraham Lincoln)

The 1908 race riots in Springfield killed six people and inspired a national movement, which later led to the founding of the NAACP. Forty black homes and 15 black-owned businesses were destroyed. (Abraham Lincoln)

The 1908 race riots in Springfield killed six people and inspired a national movement, which later led to the founding of the NAACP. (Abraham Lincoln)