First published 2014
This comprehensive collection presents every word spoken during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings of October 11-13, 1991. Nina Totenberg assembles the complete verbatim testimony alongside crucial exhibits that were submitted during the proceedings. The volume includes affidavits designed to undermine Hill's credibility and the sworn statements of Angela Wright, another Thomas employee who alleged similar inappropriate conduct. Wright never appeared before the television cameras, but her telephone testimony to committee staff appears here, along with supporting statements from her friend Rose Jourdain. More than two years after these proceedings concluded, public fascination persists. The hearings raised fundamental questions about race, gender, and workplace harassment that continue to resonate with American readers. Many historical events become clearer when viewed from a distance. This complete record allows readers to examine those three explosive days with careful consideration and develop their own measured understanding of what transpired.
Genres: history, 20th-century, non-fiction, biography-memoir, academic, american-history
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: investigative-journalism, real-events
Setting: United States, Senate
Period: 1991
498 pages · Kindle Edition · Academy Chicago Publishers
Content warnings: racism, sexism, sexual-assault