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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...

Notorious silent movie drew local protests
By Bill Kemp. Published on February 7, 2016.
The 1915 silent film “The Birth of a Nation” is acclaimed today as one of the greatest achievements in motion picture history. At the s...