Today’s U.S. Congress may be a bunch of hot-aired do-nothings, but the first session conducted under the U.S. Constitution shows how much Congress is capable of
On March 3, 1931, Harlem big band leader Cab Calloway recorded “Minnie the Moocher,” the classic tale of chasing opium that made Calloway a national star and put Harlem’s big band sound on the map.
Seven score and 15 years ago, Abraham Lincoln gave what was then the biggest speech of his career, and he gave it in NYC at Cooper Union on February 27, 1860.
Many know that South African apartheid was brought down in part by an aggressive international campaign, but fewer know of the important role played by NYC.
During the late 1630s, New Netherland was being encroached on all sides. The Dutch-led Pavonia Massacre in turn sparked revenge by the Algonquin tribes.
On February 24, 1998, the Giuliani administration won a major legal battle when the NY Court of Appeals ruled that the City had legally re-zoned Times Square.
Today is the anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, later known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. Malcolm X’s career was
Abraham Lincoln and New York City will always be linked by Lincoln’s legendary speech at Cooper Union in 1860 (which we
When New York's all-black 369th Infantry Regiment set off to fight in World War I, they were men without rights. On February 17, 1919, they finally got a parade
Five Cents a Spot, photo by Jacob A. Riis. Image via Museum of the City of New York, Gift of Roger