▁Season - by - season ▁ ▁Head ▁Co aches ▁record ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁Sant osh ▁Tro phy ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Category : L ak sh ad we ep ▁Category : Foot ball ▁clubs ▁in ▁India ▁Category : S ant osh ▁Tro phy ▁teams ▁Category : 2 0 1 7 ▁establish ments ▁in ▁India <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Pe ek sk ill ▁ri ots ▁were ▁race ▁ri ots ▁directed ▁against ▁African ▁Americans ▁and ▁Jews ▁att ending ▁a ▁civil ▁rights ▁benefit ▁concert . ▁that ▁took ▁place ▁at ▁Cort land t ▁Man or , ▁West chester ▁County , ▁New ▁York , ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 . ▁The ▁catal yst ▁for ▁the ▁ri oting ▁was ▁an ▁announced ▁concert ▁by ▁black ▁singer ▁Paul ▁Rob es on , ▁who ▁was ▁well ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁strong ▁pro - tra de ▁union ▁st ance , ▁civil ▁rights ▁activ ism , ▁commun ist ▁affili ations , ▁and ▁anti - colon ial ism . ▁The ▁concert , ▁organized ▁as ▁a ▁benefit ▁for ▁the ▁Civil ▁Rights ▁Congress , ▁was ▁scheduled ▁to ▁take ▁place ▁on ▁August ▁ 2 7 ▁in ▁Lak eland ▁Ac res , ▁just ▁north ▁of ▁Pe ek sk ill . ▁ ▁Paul ▁Rob es on ' s ▁remarks ▁in ▁Paris , ▁ 1 9 4 9 ▁Rob es on ▁had ▁given ▁three ▁earlier ▁concert s ▁in ▁Pe ek sk ill ▁without ▁incident , ▁but ▁in ▁recent ▁years ▁Rob es on ▁had ▁been ▁increasing ly ▁vocal ▁against ▁the ▁Ku ▁Kl ux ▁K lan ▁and ▁other ▁forces ▁of ▁white