Samuels, Robert,  1984-  <br/><br/>
His name is George Floyd :  one man's life and the struggle for racial justice / 
 One man's life and the sturggle for racial justice 
Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa. 
 - [Paperback edition]. 
 - xviii, 424 pages ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographic references (pages 423-424). 
<br/><br/>Contenidos : <br/>Introduction: Flowers<br/>Part I. Perry. An ordinary day ; Home ; Roots ; Lessons<br/>Part II. 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<br/>Part III. Say his name. We have nothing to lose but our chains ; Hear my cry ; Testimony ; American hope<br/>Afterword: A conversation between Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa 
<br/><br/> George Floyd's murder in May 2020 set off the largest protest movement in the history of the United States, awakening millions to the pervasiveness of racial injustice. 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 Black 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 his attempts to overcome addiction. Drawing upon more than hour hundred 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780593490822 0593490827 9780593490617 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2023304125 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Floyd, George, 1973-2020. <br/>Floyd, George, 1973-2020 --Influence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African American men--Biography.<br/>Murder victims--United States--Biography.<br/>Police brutality--History--United States--21st century.<br/>Black lives matter movement.<br/>Racial justice--United States.<br/>Race relations--History--United States--21st century.<br/>Trials (Police misconduct)--History--United States--21st century.<br/>Trials (Police misconduct)--Minnesota--Minneapolis.<br/>African Americans--Minnesota--Minneapolis--Biography.<br/>African Americans--Texas--Houston--Biography.<br/>Hommes noirs américains--Biographies.<br/>Victimes d'homicide--États-Unis--Biographies.<br/>Brutalités policières--Histoire--États-Unis--21e siècle.<br/>Mouvement Black Lives Matter.<br/>Justice raciale--États-Unis.<br/>Procès (Abus de la police)--Minnesota--Minneapolis.<br/>Noirs américains--Minnesota--Minneapolis--Biographies.<br/>Noirs américains--Texas--Houston--Biographies.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Biographies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E185.615  / .S193h 2024 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.896/073092 [B]