This week, a pair of events in Westchester County will recognize the 75th anniversary of the Peekskill Riots. In August 1949, an outdoor concert by Black singer and activist Paul Robeson was cancelled ...

On Thursday, September 4 I had the honor of participating in a panel discussion entitled “The Peekskill Riots: Then & Now.” The panel was part of an ongoing program that was inaugurated in 2024 by a ...

Singing or acting on stage and film, playing football and advocating for civil rights made Paul Robeson a global star. He was one of the most famous Americans in the 1930s and 1940s, but McCarthyism ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The shocking outbreak of violence in Cortlandt Manor in 1949 surrounding performances by Paul Robeson, the renowned Black ...

Fame fades. Names and accomplishments, no matter how large and striking, can become buried in history’s dust, reduced to but a whisper, if that, across the years. “Paul Robeson is an under-appreciated ...

An afternoon of music, stories & community honoring Peekskill’s stand against hate and keeping Paul Robeson’s voice alive for future generations. Escorting Robeson to the first concert in 1949, my ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Communist, fellow traveler, red, pinko, commie, useful idiot — the searing epithets of the Cold War have lost their sting but in ...

Lawrence Brown (left) and Paul Robeson perform at the Mother A.M.E. Zion Church in Harlem, N.Y., in 1941. (Sony Classical) Singing or acting on stage and film, playing football and advocating for ...

The shocking outbreak of violence in Cortlandt Manor in 1949 surrounding performances by Paul Robeson, the renowned Black bass-baritone and civil rights activist, still resonates 75 years later.