"A gripping oral history of the white nationalist riots that shook the nation and signaled the arrival of a galvanizing new era, told from the perspective of the anti-racist activists who fought back"-- Provided by publisher.

"On August 11 and 12, 2017, armed neo-Nazi demonstrators descended on Charlottesville to rally in a show of strength for white nationalism. When they assaulted antiracist counterprotestors, the police failed to intervene, and events culminated in the murder of counterprotestor Heather Heyer. Emmy-nominated journalist and former Charlottesville resident Nora Neus crafts a searing account of these events from the voices of the antiracist activists, students, faith leaders, politicians, and community members who showed up to defend their city. In a bracing, fast-paced collage of original interviews, never-before-disclosed information, new statements from former Charlottesville mayor Mike Signer and former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe, social media posts, contemporaneous news coverage, court testimony, and government reports, Neus portrays the key events of these historic twenty-four hours: the arrival of white supremacist demonstrators, the interfaith service held in response, the tiki torch march on the University of Virginia grounds, the protests and counterprotests in downtown Charlottesville the next day, and the deadly car attack"--Book flaps.