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It restores a full human life behind an image that galvanized a movement.
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His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa2023 selection · Nonfiction
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
A biography of George Floyd placing his life and death within generations of systemic racial inequality.
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