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His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Toluse Olorunnipa, Robert Samuels

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leweylibrary's review against another edition

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5.0

Incredibly well researched and thoroughly detailed, this book is an absolutely must read for understanding the world in which George Floyd lived and died and, perhaps most importantly, who he was as a person and the legacy he leaves behind and the work still left to do towards racial justice. It's long and heavy, but it was never boring or dry or too much (although beware going into the scenes of his death, those are definitely very, very intense and probably very triggering for many people).
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4.25

His Name is George Floyd is an expansive telling of George Floyd's life from his familial history in Reconstruction-era North Carolina, his family's move to Houston's Third Ward, and his journey to Minneapolis for a fresh start. The authors, Washington Post journalists write a detailed history of Floyd's relationship with family and friends, his challenges and his successes. Much of the book is focused on his life prior to his death. I learned so much and it is such an illustrative example of the systemic racism Floyd encountered. His challenges were not all that different from many other people. The book flows logically from his background up to the day of his murder through the trial and verdict. The last section focused on the continued work his family is doing with the money awarded to them and the challenges of getting any sort of police reform passed into law.
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