Paul Robeson, speaks to reporters after the Peekskill
Paul Robeson, speaks to reporters after the Peekskill, N.Y. riot on Aug. 27, 1949. The violence prevented a Robeson concert to benefit the Civil Rights Congress. Many of the rioters were white WW2 veterans and several people seriously injured. - (BSLOC_2014_17_93)
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11062032
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45265276
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3000px x 1716px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Everett Collection
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