The Colored Orphan Asylum is under siege. A cauldron of resentment, anti-authority, and racial tensions rise as the city ...

The New York City Draft Riots, which took place in the middle of the Civil War, had an enormous impact on law, government, and even how Americans perceive race.

“People were bleeding from their heads, from their faces ... people were suffering out here,” said New York City Police Chief Jeffrey Maddrey at a press briefing “There were a lot of ...