His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
His Name Is George Floyd
by Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa
English | 2022 | ISBN: 0593607635 | 428 pages | True EPUB | 1.06 MB
by Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa
English | 2022 | ISBN: 0593607635 | 428 pages | True EPUB | 1.06 MB
A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy—from his family’s roots in the tobacco fields of North Carolina, to ongoing inequality in housing, education, health care, criminal justice, and policing—telling the story of how one man’s tragic experience brought about a global movement for change.
“Since we know George Floyd’s death with tragic clarity, we must know Floyd’s America—and life—with tragic clarity. Essential for our times.”
—Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist
“A much-needed portrait of the life, times, and martyrdom of George Floyd, a chronicle of the racial awakening sparked by his brutal and untimely death, and an essential work of history I hope everyone will read.”
—Henry Louis Gates, Jr., author of The Black…