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The Peekskill Riots Ep. 3: "Up on the Hillside, Down in the Hollow" - The Riot of August 27th, 1949

Peekskill Riots Episode 3 Sources

  1. I. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/23/1949, pg. 1, “Robeson Concert Here Aids ‘Subversive’ Unit”

  2. II. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/25/1947, pg 1, “Paul Robeson Concert Draws Crowd of 4,000”

  3. III. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/23/1949, pg. 4, “The Discordant Note”

  4. IV. “The Robeson Riots, Two Incidents which foreshadowed the rise of McCarthyism” by Michael K. McKeon, pg. 72

  5. V. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/23/1949, pg. 4, “Says Robeson and His Followers are Unwelcome”

  6. VI. Commentary, October 1950, “The Lessons of the Peekskill Riots: What Happened and Why” by James Rorty

  7. VII. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/23/1949, pg. 4, “Says Robeson and His Followers are Unwelcome”

  8. VIII. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/24/1949, pg. 2, “Robeson Concert Scoired; ALP Man Asks State Aid

  9. IX. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/24/1949, pg. 2, “Robeson Concert Scoired; ALP Man Asks State Aid

  10. X. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/24/1949, pg. 2, “Robeson Concert Scoired; ALP Man Asks State Aid

  11. XI. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/25/1949, pg. 2, “Veterans Plan Protest Parade Over Robeson”

  12. XII. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/25/1949, pg 1, “Veterans Plan Protest Parade Over Robeson”

  13. XIII. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/25/1949, pg 2, “Veterans Plan Protest Parade Over Robeson”

  14. XIV. McKeon, pg. 83

  15. XV. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/25/1949, pg 2, “Veterans Plan Protest Parade Over Robeson”

  16. XVI. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/26/1949, pg. 2, “Vets Council Backs ‘Peaceful’ Demonstration on Robeson.

  17. XVII. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/26/1949, pg. 2, “Vets Council Backs ‘Peaceful’ Demonstration on Robeson.

  18. XVIII. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/26/1949, pg. 10, “Concert Praised by Mrs. Mobile

  19. XIX. “Violence in Peekskill”, American Civil Liberties Union, pg. 15,

  20. XX. “Peekskill USA” by Howard Fast, pg. 15

  21. XXI. Fast, pg. 13

  22. XXII. Fast, pg. 16

  23. XXIII. Fast, pg. 17

  24. XXIV. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/27/1949, pg. 1, “3 Divisions Set for March, Big Turnout is Expected”

  25. XXV. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/27/1949, pg. 1, “3 Divisions Set for March, Big Turnout is Expected”

  26. XXVI. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/27/1949, pg. 4 “Minority Intolerance”

  27. XXVII. Thomas Dewey Papers, Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester, 5:222:36

  28. XXVIII. Fast, pg. 20

  29. XXIX. Fast, pg. 21

  30. XXX. Fast, pg. 21

  31. XXXI. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/27/1949, pg. 1, “3 Divisions Set for March, Big Turnout is Expected”

  32. XXXII. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/29/1949, pg. 2, “Vet Stabbed in Riot at Concert”

  33. XXXIII. Fast, pp. 22-23

  34. XXXIV. Fast, pg. 23

  35. XXXV. Fast, pg. 24

  36. XXXVI. McKeon, pp. 101-102

  37. XXXVII. Fast, pg. 28

  38. XXXVIII. Fast, pg. 29

  39. XXXIX. Fast, pg. 29

  40. XL. Eyewitness, pg. 8

  41. XLI. Fast, pg. 30

  42. XLII. Fast, pg. 31

  43. XLIII. Fast, pp. 31-32

  44. XLIV. Fast, pg. 32

  45. XLV. Fast, pg. 33

  46. XLVI. Fast, pg. 34

  47. XLVII. “The Peekskill, New York, Anti-Communist Riots of 1949” by Joseph Walwik, pg. 68

  48. XLVIII. McKeon, pg. 98

  49. XLIX. Walwik, pg. 68

  50. L. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/29/1949, pg. 1, “Veteran Leaders Deny Any Blame for Riot”

  51. LI. Violence in Peekskill, pg. 17

  52. LII. Walwik, pg. 68

  53. LIII. Dewey Papers 5:222:36

  54. LIV. “Eyewitness: Peekskill U.S.A.”, Westchester Committee for a Fair Inquiry into the Peekskill Violence, 1949, pg. 9

  55. LV. Helen Rosen Interview, “Here I Stand”, PBS, 1999

  56. LVI. “Paul Robeson” by Martin Duberman, pp. 364-365

  57. LVII. Peekskill Evening Star, 6/20/1949, pg. 7, “Wed Last Night”

  58. LVIII. “The Whole World in His Hands: A Pictorial Biography of Paul Robeson” by Susan Robeson, pg. 181

  59. LIX. Fast, pg. 36

  60. LX. Fast, pp. 37-38

  61. LXI. Violence in Peekskill, pg. 19

  62. LXII. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/29/1949, pg. 2, “Vet Stabbed in Riot at Concert”

  63. LXIII. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/29/1949, pg. 2, “Vet Stabbed in Riot at Concert”

  64. LXIV. Fast, pg. 46

  65. LXV. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/29/1949, pg. 1, “Vet Stabbed in Riot at Concert”

  66. LXVI. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/29/1949, pg. 1, “Vet Stabbed in Riot at Concert”

  67. LXVII. Fast, pg. 48

  68. LXVIII. Walwik, pp. 71-72

  69. LXIX. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/29/1949, pg. 1, “Veteran Leaders Deny Any Blame for Riot”

  70. LXX. New York Times, 8/31/1949, pg. 16 “DEWEY AIDE URGED FOR ROBESON ROW”

  71. LXXI. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/29/1949, pg. 1, “Veteran Leaders Deny Any Blame for Riot”

  72. LXXII. New York World-Telegram, 8/29/1949, pg. 3 “Attacked Only After Buddy Was Stabbed”

  73. LXXIII. The Daily Worker, 8/29/1949, pg. 9 “Lynch Mob Runs Amuck at Paul Robeson Concert”

  74. LXXIV. Daily News, 8/29/1949, pg. 24, “Robeson Song: Riot Abetted by Officials”

  75. LXXV. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/29/1949, pp. 1-2, “Veteran Leaders Deny Any Blame for Riot”

  76. LXXVI. Dewey Papers, 5:222:36

  77. LXXVII. Peekskill Evening Star, 9/1/1949, pg. 2, “Sports Group Sets Up Fund for Stabbed Vet”

  78. LXXVIII. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/30/1949, pg. 1, “Veterans Blame Armed Commie ‘Goon’ Squads For Provoking Attack”

  79. LXXIX. “The Robeson Concerts: Peekskill, 1949”, Voices from History, 1998

  80. LXXX Peekskill Evening Star, 8/30/1949, pg. 2 “District Attorney Opens Probe of Robeson Riot”

  81. LXXXI. White Plains Reporter-Dispatch 9/17/1946, pg. 5, “Watch Radicals Fanelli Demands”

  82. LXXXII. Knickerbocker News, 8/30/1949, pg. 12, “The Robeson Row”

  83. LXXXIII. The Daily Worker, 8/29/1949, pg. 7, “Violence at Peekskill”

  84. LXXXIV. McKeon, pg. 128

  85. LXXXV. Helen Rosen Interview, “Here I Stand”, PBS, 1999

  86. LXXXVI. New York Times, 8/29/1949, pg. 19, “ROBESON DEMANDS VIOLENCE INQUIRY”

  87. LXXXVII. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/29/1949, pp. 1-2, “350 at Katonah Counter Rally”

  88. LXXXVIII. Duberman, pg. 366

  89. LXXXIX. Harlem Golden Gate Poster, Governor Thomas Dewey Collection, New York State Archives, Microfilm Reel #118

  90. XC. “Here I Stand”, PBS, 1999

  91. XCI. Peekskill Evening Star, 9/2/1949, pg. 1, “Civil Rights" Speakers Booed By Albany Crowd

  92. XCII. Peekskill Evening Star, 9/2/1949, pg. 1, “Police Forces Being Mobilized for Rally And Parade Sunday”

  93. XCIII. “Paul Robeson Will Sing in Peekskill” Poster, Dewey Collection, New York State Archives, Microfilm Reel #118

  94. XCIV. Peekskill Evening Star, 9/3/1949, pg. 1, “LAKELAND ACRES OWNERS EXPLAIN THEIR POSITION”

  95. XCV. New York Times, 9/3/1949, pg. 11, “ROBESON AIDES ASK BAN ON VETERANS”

  96. XCVI. Violence in Peekskill, pp. 43-44

  97. XCVII. McKeon, pg. 144

  98. XCVIII. Violence in Peekskill, pg. 27

  99. XCIX. Helen Rosen Interview, “Here I Stand”, PBS, 1999

  100. C. Peekskill Shopper, 9/1/1949

  101. CI. Violence in Peekskill, pg. 28

  102. CII. Gus Hellman Interview, “The Robeson Concerts: Peekskill, 1949”, Voices from History, 1998

  103. CIII. Commentary, October 1950

  104. CIV. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/30/1949, pg. 4, “Comments Vary on Robeson Affair”

  105. CV. Peekskill Evening Star, 8/30/1949, pg. 1, “Good Afternoon”

  106. CVI. Peekskill Evening Star, 9/2/1949, pg. 1, “Let’s Use Reason”

  107. CVII. Peekskill Evening Star, 9/3/1949, pg. 2, “Huge Crowd Expected at Hollow Brook”

  108. CVIII. George M. Fanelli, The Report of the District Attorney of Westchester County to the Governor Concerning the Peekskill Incidents, pg. 1

  109. CIX. McKeon, pg. 172

  110. CX. New York Times, 9/4/1949, pg. 17, “1200 Men Assigned to Robeson Rally”

  111. CXI. Peekskill Evening Star, 9/3/1949, pg. 1, “Huge Crowd Expected at Hollow Brook”

The Peekskill Riots Ep. 2: "The Friendly Town By The River" - The Duality of Peekskill