On the 1863 new york city draft riots. From july 13th16th, 1863, in the middle of the civil war, thousands of poor and working class why not new yorkers, incensed by equities in the new military draft, resentful about wartime hardship and enflamed by the lincoln administrations emancipation policies, looted and destroyed buildings, battled police, state militia and federal troops and brutally attack thed the citys africanamerican residents. In the century and a half since thne york city draft riots, numerous psychological lahrs, popular scholars, popular books and articles are their rad and examined the significant events that comprised the largest civil insuecon this u. S. History, and and mostf these works have included illustrations o the violence that we published in its immediate aftermath in the weekly newspapers. None of these many studies or popular accounts have used tse images as much more than endorsement for or reiteration of their text. Certainly, they have not serd as evi
Federal troops and brutally attack thed the citys africanamerican residents. In the century and a half since the new york city draft riots, numerous psychological lahrs, popular scholars, popular books and articlesre their rated and examined the significant events that comprised the largest civil insurrection this u. S. Hisry and and most of these works have included illustrations of the violence that were published in its immediate aftermath in the ekly newspapers. None of these many studies or popular accounts have used these imagess much more than endorsement for or reiteration of their text. Certainly, they have not served as evidence to be value waited in their own evaluated in their own right. Illustrated newspapers covered the riots. The three American Pictorial weeklies dominated the coverage. They were supplemented by three brish pictorial papers and two french pubcationings. In all, some 80 engravings of varying size, detail and quality depicted the unprecedented events. When
Guest on in depth to take your calls on goveren and legal reform in america. Heas written six books including the collapse of the common good, life without lawyers, and his bestseller the death of common sense. His latest book not accountable is a critique of publicsector unions. Joined a live conversation with attorney and author Philip Howard sunday at noon eastern on booktv on cspan2. Senators Amy Klobuchar and rob portman have been awarded the madison prize for constitutional excellence from American University school of Public Affairs for their bipartisan cooperation on capitol hill. Following the awards ceremony both senators spoke indepth about their experiences working across the aisle to pass legislation. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] welcome everyone. Thank you for being with us this evening. I am vicky wilkins, the dean of the school ofth Public Affairs t American University, and i am pleased to welcome me to tonight madison prize for constitutional exc
in the senate, house republicans are now raising the stakes. we re going to have a plan to secure america s border. house republicans are rolling out their solution to the border crisis. republicans have a plan for a new direction. today g.o.p. conference members got a private, first-hand look at the plan inside minority leader kevin mccarthy s commitment to america agenda. a legislative road map similar to former speaker newt gingrich s 1994 contract with america. on the border, the g.o.p. plans to end catch and release. reinstate the remain in mexico policy. and finish the border wall. democrats are already hitting back. i m not concerned with anything that they are going to present over the next few days because the american people will see through it clearly. democrats are under pressure to do something about migrants being bused to sanctuary cities. but talks on immigration reform are stalled on capitol hill. and congress is just eight days away from a governme
sincerely wish 79-year-old commander in chief a very quick recovery. this is not a good disease. i ve seen the worst of it, we wish him the best. coming up, dr. jackson, dr. safire, they will join us with analysis. the great one mark levin is here tonight. but first we begin with a january 6th committee. their big dramatic prime time grand finale playing out on capitol hill. soon the latest obsessive partisan anti-trump smear will come to a prophetic end, at least for now. they will probably try a few more hearings before it s all said and done. unsurprisingly, they did not establish a criminal case or reveal new damning evidence against president trump as they have promised that they would. a perfect example of people overpromising, not delivering. kind of like the trump/russia collusion hoax. remember adam schiff said with got all the evidence and we are proving there was real collusion. the only one that was caught on tape polluting where the russian prankster was adam sch