{"id":175047,"date":"2018-08-05T04:29:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T08:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=175047"},"modified":"2018-08-05T04:29:54","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T08:29:54","slug":"springfield-museum-debut-1908-race-riot-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/05\/springfield-museum-debut-1908-race-riot-exhibit\/","title":{"rendered":"Springfield museum to debut 1908 race riot exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_175049\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175049\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1908-race-riot-exhibit-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-175049\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1908-race-riot-exhibit-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1908-race-riot-exhibit-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1908-race-riot-exhibit-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1908-race-riot-exhibit-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-175049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It features artifacts and photos that show the destruction of homes and businesses caused by rioters. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/267355706610755\/photos\/pcb.2013228202023488\/2015146121831696\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Springfield-and-Central-Illinois-African-American-History-Museum-267355706610755\/\">Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SPRINGFIELD, Ill. \u2014 The Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History\u00a0Museum\u00a0will debut a new exhibit detailing the 1908 Springfield Race Riots.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit will be unveiled Saturday evening as the 110th anniversary of the event approaches on Aug. 14-15, The State Journal-Register reported.<\/p>\n<p>Historian Carole Merritt curated the exhibit 10 years ago for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and\u00a0Museum\u00a0for the centennial commemoration of the race riots, but it&#8217;s been in storage since.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wouldn&#8217;t have been able to do this without our partnerships with other museums,\u201d said Nell Clay, the history\u00a0museum&#8217;s board president.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit explores the duration and aftermath of the riots. It features artifacts and photos that show the destruction of homes and businesses caused by rioters.<\/p>\n<p>A map of Springfield also marks locations of destruction and violence. The locations include areas where a crowd attempted to hang prominent black businessman William Donnegan and where Scott Burton, a black barbershop owner, was lynched. Donnegan eventually died from his injuries. The Arsenal, where several black residents hunkered down during the riots, is also noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLynchings were events,\u201d Clay said. \u201cPeople came out in their Sunday best. They had their kids there. You had a hanging body out there castrated and burnt, and there would be people chatting and laughing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the\u00a0museum&#8217;s artifacts were uncovered in 2014 during work on the Carpenter Street overpass, which is part of a federal and local multi-million dollar effort to consolidate the city&#8217;s rail traffic.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit will be on display through February 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPRINGFIELD, Ill. \u2014 The Springfield and Central Illinois African-American History\u00a0Museum\u00a0will debut a new exhibit detailing the 1908 Springfield Race Riots. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":175049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-art-and-culture","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}