The Peekskill Riots Episode 5: "Wake Up America" - The Aftermath and Erasure of the Peekskill Riots
Peekskill Riots Episode 5 Sources
I. CBS Radio Recording, National Archives
II. “The Robeson Riots, Two Incidents which foreshadowed the rise of McCarthyism” by Michael K. McKeon, pg. 226
III. “Eyewitness: Peekskill U.S.A.”, Westchester Committee for a Fair Inquiry into the Peekskill Violence, 1949, pg. 13
IV. Peekskill Evening Star, 9/6/1949, pg. 1
V. New York Times, 9/5/1949, pg. 3, “48 Hurt In Clashes At Robeson Rally”
VI. Peekskill Evening Star, 9/6/1949, pg. 2, “Trouble Sparked by Robesonites”
VII. Peekskill Evening Star, 9/6/1949, pg. 1, “Trouble Sparked by Robesonites”
VIII. “The Road Out of Peekskill, George Washington University, Institute for Historical Documentary Filmmaking, Center for History in the Media, 1999
IX. Peekskill Evening Star, 9/10/1949, pp 3-4, ”Peekskill Woke Up”
X. Tony Schwartz Collection, Library of Congress, Paul Robeson and the Peekskill Riots, circa 1960-2005
XI. McKeon, pg. 270
XII. Presentment of the October 1949 Grand Jury of Westchester County, The Peekskill Incidents, pg. 4
XIII. Grand Jury Presentment, pg. 29
XIV. Grand Jury Presentment, pp. 33-35
XV. Peekskill Evening Star, 6/17/1950, pg. 1 “No Arrests Yet on Indictments”
XVI. New York Times, 6/18/1950, “Inquest at Peekskill”, pg. 103
XVII. “Violence in Peekskill”, American Civil Liberties Union, pg. 49
XVIII. Violence in Peekskill, pg. 3
XIX. “Paul Robeson” by Martin Duberman, pg. 374
XX. Eleanor Roosevelt, "My Day” 9/7/1949, The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Digital Edition
XXI. The President's News Conference, 9/8/1949, Harry S. Truman Library
XXII. United States Congressional Record, 9/21/1949, p. 13375,
XXIII. Duberman, pg. 374
XXIV. Duberman, pg. 370
XXV. Daily Worker, 12/16/1949, “Robeson Sues for Assault”
XXVI. New York Times, 1/6/1950, pg. 7 “Trial Changes Sought”
XXVII. The Newark Star-Ledger 3/1/1950, pg. 1
XXVIII. New York Times, 1/24/1952, pg. 10 “Robeson, 29 Others Lose Damage Suit”
XXIX. Paul Robeson Passport Statement, 8/16/1955
XXX. Newsweek, 2/2/1976, Hubert Saal, “Tragic Hero”
XXXI. Lloyd L. Brown “The Young Paul Robeson: On My Journey Now”, pg. 162
XXXII. “Here I Stand”, PBS, 1999
XXXIII. “The Tallest Tree in Our Forest”, Gil Noble, 1977
XXXIV. Duberman, pg. 400
XXXV. Paul Robeson Speaks! International Peace Arch 8/16/1953
XXXVI. Greetings From New York, Paul Robeson Sings 20 Favourite Songs/Transatlantic Exchange Concert
XXXVII. Paul Robeson, James Earl Jones, 1979
XXXVIII. Duberman, pg. 463
XXXIX. “The Tallest Tree in Our Forest”, 1977
XL. National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Cinesound Review No. 1516, 11/17/1960
XLI. “Here I Stand”, PBS, 1999
XLII. “The Tallest Tree in Our Forest”, 1977
XLIII. Duberman, pp. 497-499
XLIV. Paul Robeson Jr. “Here I Stand”, PBS, 1999
XLV. Duberman, pg. 502
XLVI. Helen Rosen, “Here I Stand”, PBS, 1999
XLVII. Duberman, pg. 502
XLVIII. Paul Robeson Jr. “Here I Stand”, PBS, 1999
XLIX. Helen Rosen, “Here I Stand”, PBS, 1999
L. FBI Main 100-12304-621, FBI Robeson pg. 2038
LI. Martin Duberman, “Here I Stand”, PBS, 1999
LII. Duberman, pg. 520
LIII. “I Have a Dream”, EMI, Upscaled History
LIV. “Here I Stand”, PBS, 1999
LV. “Here I Stand”, PBS, 1999
LVI. “By Any Means Necessary”, BBC Motion Gallery/Getty Images, 1964
LVII. Duberman, pg. 537
LVIII. Duberman, pg. 549
LIX. “Saturday Spectacular”, ITV, 10/1/1960
LX. Putnam County News and Recorder, 9/15/1949, “Wake Up America, Peekskill Did” & “Local Legion Post to Hold Minstrel Show”, pg. 1
LXI. Reference to Sam Slutzky Press Statement in Letter of Walter A. Schieber to Arthur J. Aronson, 9/12/1949, and New York Times 9/10/1949 “Gossip, Threats Divide Peekskill As Aftermath of Robeson Fight, pg. 8
LXII. Letter from Israel Ben Schieber, 9/1/1949, PV Historical Society and Putnam County Archives
LXIII. New York Times, 9/7/1949, “EXODUS IS PLANNED IN PEEKSKILL AREA”, pg. 22
LXIV. Catholic War Veterans Transcript, Colin T. Naylor Jr. Archives Peekskill Field Library, 3/1953
LXV. “A Rough Sunday at Peekskill” by Robert M. Williams pg. 79 American Heritage, April 1976
LXVI. New York Times, 4/27/1997, From Peekskill, View of Robeson Unrest, pg. 484 & Postwar Reaction and Popular Resistance: The Peekskill Songs and Riots of 1949 by Joel Feingold, pg. 1
LXVII. John Paterson Interview, 03/25/1980, Colin T. Naylor Jr. Archives Peekskill Field Library
LXVIII. The Reporter Dispatch, 9/5/1982, “Peekskill's Days of Infamy, pg. 48
LXIX. Sallie Sypher & Wylie Sypher “Putnam Valley: A Look Back”, pg. 114
LXX. The Dynamic American City, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1956
LXXI. 1950 U.S. Census of Housing, New York, 32-27
LXXII. New York Times, 12/28/1973, “Once Outraged Black Helps Make Peekskill’s Renewal Work”, pg. 31
LXIII. New York Times, 1/2/1977, “Snob Appeal Converts Cash Value”, pg. 161
LXXIV. Peekskill Evening Star, 1/18/1961, Democrats Label Urban Renewal Project as Unsound, pg. 1
LXXV. Peekskill Evening Star, 11/2/1961, City Gets Urban Renewal Cash
LXXVI. “A Conversation With James Baldwin.” 6/24/1963. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress)
LXXVII. John Curran, “Old Peekskill’s Destruction”, pg. 36
LXXVIII. Peekskill Evening Star, 10/24/1968, “Tavern Owner Held in Slaying of Youth, 17”, pg. 1
LXXIX. John Curran, Old Peekskill’s Destruction Lecture, Gene Panczenko, Projection Arts
LXXX. Curran, pg. 9
LXXXI. Eyewitness pg. 5