The Battle of Peekskill
Universal Newsreel
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Content warning: White racist violence against Black and Jewish people.
Newsreel documenting the Peekskill Riots, "a series of violent attacks by mobs of white citizens directed against African Americans and Jews attending a civil rights benefit concert in Westchester County, New York, in 1949. More than 150 people were injured in the riots." (Black Past, https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/peekskill-riot-1949/. Accessed: 2024-05-06).
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Can notes: 'Battle of Peekskill' / 22-281-3 / BW b-wind FGM"
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- English
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