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Peekskill: USA: Inside the Infamous 1949 Riots

Name: Peekskill: USA: Inside the Infamous 1949 Riots
Author: Howard Fast
ISBN: 9780486452968

by Howard Fast

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Overview

In 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 landmark in the civil rights movement. 10 illustrations.

Synopsis

Compelling, detailed you-are-there account of racial violence in upper New York State in the summer of 1949. A landmark event in the civil rights movement. 10 illustrations.