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His name is George Floyd : one man's life and the struggle for racial justice / Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa.

His name is George Floyd : one man's life and the struggle for racial justice / Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa.
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Record Number 21547
ISBN 9781787635845 (paperback)
Location 305.8 SAM
Author Samuels, Robert, 1984-, (author).
Title His name is George Floyd : one man's life and the struggle for racial justice / Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa.
Published London : Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, 2022.
©2022.
Collation xiv, 414 pages ; 24 cm.
Content types text
Carrier type volume
Bibliography Note Includes biibliographical references.
Contents Note Introduction: Flowers -- Part I. Perry -- An ordinary day -- Home -- Roots -- Lessons -- Part II. Big Floyd -- The State of Texas vs. George Floyd -- The use of restraint -- You're on your own -- Turning point -- The real comes in -- Memorial Day -- Part II. Say his name -- We have nothing to lose but our chains -- Hear my cry -- Testimony -- American hope.
Summary Note Written by two award-winning reporters with unprecedented access, this is the only definitive biography of George Floyd. The murder of George Floyd sparked a fiery summer of activism and unrest all over the world in 2020, with peaceful protests sometimes erupting into violent clashes. From Shetland to Sao Paolo, from Honolulu to Hobart, people marched under the Black Lives Matter banner, decrying Floyd's death and demanding an end to racial injustice. The movement has led corporations to redouble their efforts, universities to refocus on inclusion, and government officials to examine the causes of systemic inequality. Drawing on The Washington Post's unrivalled archives, in-depth reporting and award-winning series on Floyd, His Name Is George Floyd is a definitive biography that dives deep into the myriad ways that structural racism shaped Floyd's life and death. Telling his personal story within the context of America's troubled race history, it features fresh and exclusive reporting as well as unparalleled access to Floyd's family and the people who were closest to the man whose name has become one of the most recognized on the planet. By zooming in for an intimate portrait of this one, emblematic life, while also pulling back to profile the institutions that shaped it, the authors deliver a powerful exploration of institutional racism and of a public reckoning of unprecedented breadth and intensity.
Personal Name Floyd, George,1973-2020
Subject Biographies
Power (Social sciences) -- United States
Social stratification -- United States
African American men -- Biography
Murder victims -- United States -- Biography
Police brutality -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Trials (Police misconduct) -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis
Black lives matter movement
Racism -- United States
African Americans -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Biography
African Americans -- Texas -- Houston -- Biography
African Americans -- Social conditions
African Americans -- Civil rights
Racism against Black people -- United States
Added Name Olorunnipa, Toluse,1986-,(author).
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