This event is in the "Adults" group Peekskill Riot Episode 3: Up the Hillside Down in the Hollow 6:00pm–7:30pm Adults Community Room Registration Required This event is in the "Adults" group Apr 24 2025 Thu Peekskill Riot Episode 3: Up the Hillside Down in the Hollow 6:00pm–7:30pm Community Room Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened. Library Branch: Hart Library Room: Community Room Age Group: Adults Program Type: Movie, Performance Registration Required Event Details: On August 27th, 1949, a Paul Robeson concert was violently attacked outside Peekskill, NY. The concert was for the benefit of the Civil Rights Congress and advertised to the Jewish and Black working-class, summer residents in the Hudson Valley.
