# The Battle of Peekskill

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). Image only; no sound. Can notes: 'Battle of Peekskill' / 22-281-3 / BW b-wind FGM"

- Kind: Film
- By: Universal Newsreel
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/201545_Battle_of_Peekskill)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/201545_Battle_of_Peekskill?play=1)