Peekskill USA: Inside the Infamous 1949 Riots

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the late summer of 1949, a racist mob protesting a concert by African-American singer Paul Robeson assaulted working class blacks and whites with rocks and bottles in upstate New York. Fast's compelling and detailed you-are-there account of the violence records a long-forgotten incident -- and a landmark in the civil rights movement. 10 illustrations. In the late summer of 1949, a racist mob protesting a concert by African-American singer Paul Robeson assaulted working class…

Author: Howard Fast · Original publisher: Civil Rights Congress (1951)

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