Fact #188113
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After Paul Robeson and Pete Seeger perform a civil rights benefit concert at Cortlandt Manor, Peekskill, Westchester County, New York State, USA, organised riots take place directed against African Americans and Jews attending the concert.
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Pete Seeger : It was a huge crowd. I think 10,000 people. A small group of people at the gate were shouting at us, 'Kikes, nigger lovers, go back to Russia.' There was a policeman there with a barricade and so they didn't stop us and we all drove in. We said, 'See it's America and the concert took place.
(Source : https://www.wnyc.org/story/87258-today-in-history-peekskill-riots/)
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(Source : https://www.wnyc.org/story/87258-today-in-history-peekskill-riots/)