This audio recording of a CBS radio broadcast captures the explosive nature of the crowd that gathered to protest Paul Robeson’s Peekskill, New York, concert.
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Peekshill Robeson Concert Riot (audio) 1949
(Image) National Archives, United States Information Agency
(Audio) National Archives, Donated Materials