The 1908 Springfield Race Riot, where a white mob attacked African Americans, spurred the creation of the NAACP. When it was founded in 1909, the idea that white liberals and Black activists would unite to fight racism was radical. But the horror aroused in the wake of the Springfield violence spurred the union.
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