06003cam a2200745 4500 860417583 TxAuBib 20230620120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780593490624 0593490622 B09DNX99H9 Amazon e0f938b6-e753-4937-a617-cedd5f36ae1b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6543870 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Samuels, Robert. His Name Is George Floyd (Pulitzer Prize Winner) [Libby] : One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice. Penguin Publishing Group, 2022. politics. Biography. Black history. american history. Journalism. racial justice. Civil Rights. race. police. Pulitzer Prize. biographies. antiracism. Civil Rights movement. Social Justice. National Book Award. biographies and memoirs. black lives matter. political books. pulitzer prize winning books. black authors. african american books. national book award longlist. pulitzer prize winners. black history books. top selling books. social justice books. black history books for adults. George Floyd. george floyd book. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1087kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. Politics. African American Nonfiction. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND <i>LOS ANGELES TIMES</i> BOOK PRIZE; SHORT-LISTED FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS PRIZE; A BCALA 2023 HONOR NONFICTION AWARD WINNER.<br /> A landmark biography by two prizewinning <i>Washington Post</i> 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.</b><br /> “It is a testament to the power of <i>His Name Is George Floyd</i> 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.”<br /> <b><i>—New York Times Book Review</i> (Editors' Choice)</b><br /> “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.”<br /> <b>—Ibram X.&#160;Kendi, author of <i>How to Be an Antiracist</i></b><br /> &#160;<br /> “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.”<br /> <b>—Henry Louis Gates, Jr., author of <i>The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song</i></b><br /> 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&#160;behind&#160;a&#160;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.<br /> &#160;<br /> 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, <i>Washington Post</i> reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa bring to light the&#160;determination&#160;Floyd carried as he faced the relentless struggle to survive as a Black man&#160;in America. Placing his narrative within the larger context of America’s deeply troubled history&#160;of institutional racism, <i>His Name Is George Floyd</i> examines the Floyd family’s roots in slavery and sharecropping, the segregation of his Houston schools, the&#160;overpolicing of his communities, the&#160;devastating&#160;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, Samuels and 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. Media Type: eBook. National Book Award Finalist. Pulitzer Prize. Pulitzer Prize Finalist. Notable Books for Adults. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-06-19 20:00:03. Olorunnipa, Toluse. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e0f938b6-e753-4937-a617-cedd5f36ae1b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e0f938b6-e753-4937-a617-cedd5f36ae1b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=e0f938b6-e753-4937-a617-cedd5f36ae1b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)