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On Sept. 4, 1949, over 140 people were injured following a performance by singer Paul Robeson in Peekskill, New York as an anti-Communist mob attacked departing concertgoers; the injured included Eugene Bullard (pictured), the only African American to serve as a combat pilot in WWI.
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In 1781, Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers under the leadership of Governor Felipe de Neve.
