24 hours at the Capitol : an oral history of the January 6th insurrection / Nora Neus.
| Author/creator | Neus, Nora author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Boston : Beacon Press, [2025] |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | xix, 215 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Twenty-four hours at the Capitol |
| Contents | Part 1: "A year in the making" -- "It's time for fucking war if they steal this shit" -- "Will be wild" -- "One million patriots" -- Part 2: The insurrection -- "That's exactly how Charlottesville began" -- "Things started to get really violent" -- "Hand-to-hand battle" -- "Then all of a sudden we were inside" -- "If they stop the proceedings, they will have succeeded in stopping the validation of the President of the United States" -- "You can see the line of loss. The territory is theirs" -- "They just killed a girl" -- "Kill him with his own gun" -- "It just was another level into Dante's Inferno" -- "The mob kept attacking even while we tended to their wounded" -- "You started to see the police officers make progress" -- Part 3: "It's going to require a national reckoning" -- "Do I fear another one of these happening? Absolutely." |
| Abstract | "The January 6th insurrection was a well-planned attack coordinated largely right out in the open. Through original interviews and reporting, this thrilling oral history offers a minute-by-minute account of the riots through the never-before-heard stories of those who were there. Emmy-nominated producer and journalist Nora Neus draws on the collaboration and support of Tim Heaphy, chief investigator of the US Congress's January 6th Select Committee; on exclusive access to the United States Capitol Historical Society's oral history project on the insurrection; and on her personal contacts on the Hill to reconstruct what it was actually like -- beyond the far right's racist and brazen rhetoric -- inside and around the Capitol during those sobering twenty-four hours. Her narrators include high-profile politicians and maintenance workers, Capitol Hill residents and White House photographers, police officers who defended the building, and insurrectionists who have since disavowed their actions. Police officers recount the insurrectionists screaming at them and calling them traitors. A young Asian American staffer recalls locking herself in a room just feet from the rioters, mentally preparing to be raped. A mostly Black janitorial staff began cleaning the blood of insurrectionists off the marble floor of the Capitol before the building was even officially secured. Neus's progressive lens goes beyond mainstream reporting to reveal important truths about racial justice and the US white nationalist movement. Picking up where she left off in 24 Hours in Charlottesville, this new addition to the 24 Hours series examines the underlying racial implications of not only the attack itself -- led by President Trump and primarily alt-right white supremacists -- but also the planning and coordination of the response. By taking readers through the real-life events of the attack, this fast-paced, gripping narrative reveals what's at stake for the future of American democracy" -- Jacket flap. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-207) and index. |
| Genre/form | Personal narratives. |
| Genre/form | Personal narratives |
| Genre/form | Personal narratives. |
| Genre/form | Récits personnels. |
| ISBN | 9780807020623 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0807020621 |
| Standard identifier# | CIPO000298749 |