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This biography, written by Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, follows George Floyd’s journey from an athletic child in Houston’s Third Ward to a devoted father, partner, and friend. It examines his attempts to escape the pressures of poverty, racism, overpolicing, and the prison system, contextualizing his story within America’s history of slavery, segregation, and institutional racism. The book places Floyd’s death—an officer’s chokehold on May 25, 2020—within the wider national conversation about police brutality and Black Lives Matter, offering a humanized view of the forces that shaped his life and the world he touched.
First publish date: 2022
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Robert Samuels
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