print email comment close The Springfield Race Riot of 1908 URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/2986/ Description: Illustrated presentation about the 1908 Springfield, Illinois, race riot, including "its connection with the creation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)." Includes a map showing the route of the lynch mob through Springfield on August 15, 1908. A ThinkQuest site. Author: Madala, Deepak; Jordan, Jennifer; Appleton, August Publisher: ThinkQuest Library of Congress Subject Headings: African Americans -- History Black History Month Riots -- Illinois -- Springfield Springfield (Ill.) -- History United States -- Race relations LII Database Information: Record 967 created by Tom McGibney on 10/07/2002 Last modification on 08/13/2008 Published: 10/07/2002   Republished: 08/14/2008 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/967