The Peekskill Riots: Episode Three Up on the Hillside Down in the Valley
Saturday, October 197:30—9:45 PMCommunity roomPutnam Valley Library30 Oscawana Lake RD, Putnam Valley , NY, 10579
On August 27th, 1949, a Paul Robeson concert was violently attacked outside Peekskill, NY. The concert was for the benefit of the Civil Rights Congress and advertised to the Jewish and Black working-class, summer residents in the Hudson Valley. The Peekskill Evening Star and local veteran's groups - harboring disdain towards Robeson and the summer residents - organized a protest parade to stop the concert from taking place. What transpired was a horrific riot, in which innocent men, women, and children hoping to attend Paul Robeson's concert were attacked. Years of bubbling hatred in Peekskill, NY finally burst. This third episode of a 5-part docu-series focuses on the first of the two Peekskill Riots and the unprecedented level of violence that turned Peekskill from a small riverside city, into the center of national controversy.
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