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Springfield Mayor Jim Langfelder and Teresa Haley, president of the Springfield and Illinois chapters of the NAACP, voiced support for Ward 2 Ald. Shawn…

Politicians spearheading the effort to legalize recreational marijuana say revenue isn't the driving force. It's about promoting criminal and social…

The site of the 1908 Springfield Race Riot could soon become a National Historic Monument.In 2014, archaeologists uncovered five houses that were burned…

It's been 110 years since the 1908 Race Riot erupted in Springfield. The violence and its aftermath inspired the founding of the NAACP, the prominent…

The nation's oldest civil rights organization, the NAACP, and Illinois police officials announced Thursday an agreed upon resolution they say took years…

Who has been hurt the most by shifts in the Illinois economy?Chad Broughton, then a sociologist at Knox College, watched closely when Galesburg’s major…

Black Lives Matter is one of the largest activist movements since the civil rights era of the 1960s. The organization has garnered more attention in…

It's been about a week since the decision was made not to indict police officer Darren Wilson after the shooting death of Michael Brown. Reactions to that…

Last Thursday, over 300 people met in Springfield for a meeting titled “Saving Our Black Males Through Education, Information, and Communication." It was…