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His name is George Floyd one man's life and the struggle for racial justice

"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...

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Main Authors: Samuels, Robert, 1984- (Author), Olorunnipa, Toluse, 1986- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Viking, [2022]
Subjects:
Floyd, George, > 1973-2020.
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.
United States > Race relations > History > 21st century.
African Americans > Minnesota > Minneapolis > Biography.
African Americans > Texas > Houston > Biography.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Flowers
  • Perry
  • An ordinary day
  • Home
  • Roots
  • Lessons
  • 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
  • Say his name
  • We have nothing to lose but our chains
  • Hear my cry
  • Testimony
  • American hope.

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