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Bloomington inescapably linked to Springfield Race Riot
By Bill Kemp. Published on August 10, 2014.
The Springfield Race Riot of August 14-15, 1908, when thousands of white residents rampaged through the city’s black areas destroying l...
Secor’s Minnie Vautrin, ‘Goddess of Mercy’
By Bill Kemp. Published on July 21, 2019.
Born, raised and educated in Central Illinois, Christian educator Minnie Vautrin was an eyewitness to one of the most horrific and crue...