| Title | : | Peekskill USA: Inside the Infamous 1949 Riots (Unabridged) |
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| Author | : | Howard Fast |
| Release | : | 2023-12-18 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | History |
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| 1 | Peekskill USA: Inside the Infamous 1949 | Howard Fast |
| Howard Fast's firsthand account of the infamous 1949 Peekskill riots, including historical documents, photos, and newspaper reports. In 1949, author Howard Fast found himself in the middle of a violent and terrifying anticommunist riot in Peekskill, New York. Fast was the master of ceremonies at a civil rights benefit concert featuring Paul Robeson, Pete Seeger, and others. But local newspapers stoked anticommunist anger, and the event was besieged by a mob armed with rocks, clubs, fence posts, and knives. Fast's Peekskill, USA is a blow-by-blow account of the bloody riots, which led to the beating of the first black combat pilot in the US Air Force, Eugene Bullard. |
