Links

2008 Year of Reconciliation

http://www.springfieldministerialalliance.org/reconciliation.html

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

http://www.alplm.org/library/library.html

Illinois Periodicals Online Article about the riot

http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/1996/iht329622.html

Springfield City, Commemoration of Springfield's Race Riot

http://www.springfield.il.us/RaceRiotComm.htm

Springfield Ministerial Alliance

http://www.springfieldministerialalliance.org/

Springfield NAACP

http://www.springfieldnaacp.org/

Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau

http://visit-springfieldillinois.com/

Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau's Riot Web page

http://visit-springfieldillinois.com/Race-Riots/default.asp

Springfield Faith

http://springfieldfaith.org/

Springfield Race Riot — Site produced by Springfield HS Students

http://library.thinkquest.org/2986/

Springfield Walks

http://www.springfieldwalks.com/

Springfield's 1908 Race Riot Walk - Entire neighborhoods were burned and left in ruin, thousands were displaced, hundreds were wounded, men were shot and killed, other men were lynched in the streets. This 90-minute tour symbolically walks day two of the infamous riot and recounts the tragic history that lead to the formation of the NAACP. 

June 7, 14, 21, 28, July 5, 12, 19, 26, August 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30. The 16th will be a special anniversary tour

(This tour involves mature subject matter.)

State Journal Register Web site about the riot

http://www.sj-r.com/raceriot/

State Journal Register launches web site about the riot.

This web site has detailed coverage of many aspects of the riot including (the names below are the names of the web page articles):

Related State Journal Register stories:
State Journal Register Videos:

Summer of Hate

http://www.alplm.org/events/springfield_race_riot.html

UIS Commemorative Web site

http://1908raceriot.uis.edu/Site/Welcome.html

Walking Tour

http://www.visit-springfieldillinois.com/Visitor/Tours.asp

Water and Fire - A Novel about Springfield and the Riot of 1908

http://waterandfirespringfield.org/

Web Article about the riot

http://www.ustrek.org/odyssey/semester2/013101/013101beckyriot1.html

Wikipedia Article about 1908 Race Riot

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Race_Riot_of_190