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75 years ago, the KKK and anti-communists teamed up to violently stop a folk concert in NY

  • Written by Nina Silber, Professor of History, Boston University
75 years ago, the KKK and anti-communists teamed up to violently stop a folk concert in NYFighting rages in Peekskill, N.Y., on Aug. 27,1949, as veterans break up a scheduled concert by singer Paul Robeson.AP Photo

Few Americans today know about the events that occurred 75 years ago in the small Hudson Valley community of Peekskill, New York. That’s where a riot broke out at a folk concert that marked a significant turning point...

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