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Giving Voice to the Forgotten Victims of the 1908 Springfield Race Riot: The Bessie Black Story (2022)
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This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. On August 14, 1908, racial tensions in Springfield ignited over allegations of the rape of a white woman by a Black man. After two days of rioting, two Black men had been lynched, and 40 dwellings destroyed. As a result of this event, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was established. This poster discusses excavations of House E, occupied by a young...