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Biden designates national monument for 1908 Illinois race riot
President Biden on Friday designated a new national monument at the site of the 1908 Springfield, Ill., race riot, a deadly incident that paved the way for the creation of the NAACP. In remarks from the Oval Office, Biden said the riot “shocked the conscience of the nation.” The president signed the proclamation flanked by Illinois Sens. Dick Durbin (D) and Tammy Duckworth (D) and Rep. Nikki Budzinski (D), who co-sponsored the bicameral legislation to create the monument that stalled in Congress. Also present were Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, NAACP President Derrick Johnson and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory. Another sponsor of the bill, Rep. Da

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