FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION 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. "It
is a testament to the power of His Name Is George Floyd that the
book's most vital moments come not after Floyd's death, but in its
intimate, unvarnished and scrupulous account of his life . . .
Impressive." -New York Times Book Review "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 Church: This Is Our Story, This Is
Our Song 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 the largest protest movement in the history of the
United States, awakening millions to the pervasiveness of racial
injustice. But long before his face was painted onto countless
murals and his name became synonymous with civil rights, Floyd was
a father, partner, athlete, and friend who constantly strove for a
better life. His Name Is George Floyd tells the story of a beloved
figure from Houston's housing projects as he faced the stifling
systemic pressures that come with being a Black man in America.
Placing his narrative within the context of the country's enduring
legacy of institutional racism, this deeply reported account
examines Floyd's family roots in slavery and sharecropping, the
segregation of his schools, the overpolicing of his community amid
a wave of mass incarceration, and the callous disregard toward his
struggle with addiction-putting today's inequality into uniquely
human terms. Drawing upon hundreds of interviews with Floyd's
closest friends and family, his elementary school teachers and
varsity coaches, civil rights icons, and those in the highest seats
of political power, Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and
Toluse Olorunnipa 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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