His name is George Floyd: one man's life and the struggle for racial justice
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A landmark biography 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 singular story of how one man's tragic experience brought about a global movement for change. The events of that day are now tragically familiar: on May 25, 2020, George Floyd became the latest Black person to die at the hands of the police, murdered outside of a Minneapolis convenience store by white officer Derek Chauvin. The video recording of his death set off a series of protests in the United States and around the world, awakening millions to the dire need for reimagining this country's broken systems of policing. But behind a face that would be graffitied onto countless murals, and a name that has become synonymous with civil rights, there is the reality of one man's stolen life: a life beset by suffocating systemic pressures that ultimately proved inescapable. This biography of George Floyd shows the athletic young boy raised in the projects of Houston's Third Ward who would become a father, a partner, a friend, and a man constantly in search of a better life. In retracing Floyd's story, Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa bring to light the determination Floyd carried as he faced the relentless struggle to survive as a Black man in America. Placing his narrative within the larger context of America's deeply troubled history of institutional racism, this book examines the Floyd family's roots in slavery and sharecropping, the segregation of his Houston schools, the overpolicing of his communities, the devastating snares of the prison system, and his attempts to break free from drug dependence -- putting today's inequality into uniquely human terms. Drawing upon hundreds of interviews and extensive original reporting, the authors offer a poignant and moving exploration of George Floyd's America, revealing how a man who simply wanted to breathe ended up touching the world.
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Subjects
African American men
African American men -- Biography
African Americans
African Americans -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Biography
African Americans -- Texas -- Houston -- Biography
Biographies
Black lives matter movement
Floyd, George
Floyd, George, -- 1973-2020
History
Large print books
Murder victims
Murder victims -- United States -- Biography
Police brutality
Police brutality -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Race relations
Racism
Racism -- United States
Trials (Police misconduct)
Trials (Police misconduct) -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 21st century
African American men -- Biography
African Americans
African Americans -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Biography
African Americans -- Texas -- Houston -- Biography
Biographies
Black lives matter movement
Floyd, George
Floyd, George, -- 1973-2020
History
Large print books
Murder victims
Murder victims -- United States -- Biography
Police brutality
Police brutality -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Race relations
Racism
Racism -- United States
Trials (Police misconduct)
Trials (Police misconduct) -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 21st century
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A landmark biography 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 singular story of how one man's tragic experience brought about a global movement for change. The events of that day are now tragically familiar: on May 25, 2020, George Floyd became the latest Black person to die at the hands of the police, murdered outside of a Minneapolis convenience store by white officer Derek Chauvin. The video recording of his death set off a series of protests in the United States and around the world, awakening millions to the dire need for reimagining this country's broken systems of policing. But behind a face that would be graffitied onto countless murals, and a name that has become synonymous with civil rights, there is the reality of one man's stolen life: a life beset by suffocating systemic pressures that ultimately proved inescapable. This biography of George Floyd shows the athletic young boy raised in the projects of Houston's Third Ward who would become a father, a partner, a friend, and a man constantly in search of a better life. In retracing Floyd's story, Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa bring to light the determination Floyd carried as he faced the relentless struggle to survive as a Black man in America. Placing his narrative within the larger context of America's deeply troubled history of institutional racism, this book examines the Floyd family's roots in slavery and sharecropping, the segregation of his Houston schools, the overpolicing of his communities, the devastating snares of the prison system, and his attempts to break free from drug dependence -- putting today's inequality into uniquely human terms. Drawing upon hundreds of interviews and extensive original reporting, the authors offer a poignant and moving exploration of George Floyd's America, revealing how a man who simply wanted to breathe ended up touching the world.
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Black lives matter movement
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Large print books
Murder victims -- United States -- Biography
Police brutality -- United States -- History -- 21st century
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African Americans -- Texas -- Houston -- Biography
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Black lives matter movement
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Large print books
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Racism -- United States
Trials (Police misconduct) -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis
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His name is George Floyd : one man's life and the struggle for racial justice
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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 [large print] : one man's life and the struggle for racial justice / Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa
His name is George Floyd [large print] : one man's life and the struggle for racial justice / Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa
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Black lives matter movement
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Murder victims
Police brutality
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Racism
Trials (Police misconduct)
African Americans
Black lives matter movement
Floyd, George
History
Murder victims
Police brutality
Race relations
Racism
Trials (Police misconduct)
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