Events (8)

• August 27, 1949: Left-Wing Activist Concert Featuring African-American Singer Disrupted by Orchestrated Attacks 1949-08-27
• Mid-August - August 27, 1949: Concert Planned by Left-Wing Activists; Area Conservatives Vow to Stop It 1949-08-27
• August 28-30, 1949: Plans for Second Peekskill Concert Made 1949-08-28
• September 4, 1949, and After: Second Peekskill Riots Ensue, over 100 Injured 1949-09-04
• September 4, 1949: Second Peekskill Concert Held Successfully 1949-09-04
• September 1949: New York District Attorney Blames Concert Organizers for Mob Violence in ‘Peekskill Affair’
• Late 1949: ACLU Finds Peekskill Riots Caused by Anti-Communist Rioters, Also Fueled by Anti-Semitism
• Mid-September 1949: Press Condemns Mob Attacks at Peekskill Concerts