His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice Women's History Month

His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice Women's History MonthWinner of the Pulitzer Prize. Longlisted for the National Book Award. A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacyfrom his familys roots in the tobacco fields of North Carolina, to ongoing inequality in housing, education, health care, criminal justice, and policingtelling the singular story of how one mans tragic experience brought about a global movement for

and unleashed his passion for fishing

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and love to hate—reminding us that friendship trumps all

for a woman who stands alone

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so completing the literary achievement of a lifetime

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and now it’s impossible for her to be the same as she was before

Hilgers captures the joys and indignities of building a life in a new country—and the stubborn allure of the American dream