Springfield Residents Recall Race Riot

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Uploaded by on Jan 23, 2009

For more news videos, check out www.wsj.com/video. A race riot in Springfield, Ill., in 1908, caused a deep rift in the community. WSJ's Doug Blackmon reports on how the state capitol has come to terms with a dark moment in its past.

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  • fuck all u dumb racist people a person should not be judge by the color of the skin but by the actions of his heart its the 21 century we dont need any racist shit like the past can we all just get along

  • @TIME420FLOW 5 whites died in this riot only 2 blacks died

  • Havent you rioted more in the past 10 years than whites in the past 100?

  • Tis is tom BLACKman :P

  • Dumm NIGGERS

  • Can this reporter model his voice to be any more like a robot's? I doubt it!

  • Obama is unique in this light. Having one black, mostly-absent parent, Obama was raised by white people, MOSTLY in highly-diverse settings, and inherits - so to speak - America's racially-divided and agonized past... without having been a part of it.

  • Excellent video. That historical retrospective should happen in every town in USA.

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