A small group gathered the morning of Aug. 14 after heavy rains saturated an unpaved city-owned plot as part of a series of events commemorating the 1908 Springfield Race Riot. Samples of soil were gathered to symbolize the lynching of two Black men during three days of turmoil in the city. Held at 12th and […]
Maria Gardner Lara
Maria Gardner Lara is a staff writer for Illinois Times. She has a master's degree in journalism from the Public Affairs Reporting program at University of Illinois Springfield and served as a corps member with Report for America at the NPR station in DeKalb.
