His Name is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

What is an event that transpired years ago now, still echoes in a way that’s tragically familiar; in the wake of COVID-19 lockdowns, the news broke that George Floyd was killed by David Chauvin, a police officer, outside of a Minneapolis convenience store. It wasn’t long before the country and the world became familiar with the face of the man who had been robbed of life. This book goes beyond that and looks into the story of the person in the images — the life and times of George Floyd; many of the trials, tribulations, injustices, he endured as well as the enduring legacy he had as an everyday civilian — featuring interviews with his family, friends, coaches, and more. The book traces Floyds roots back to before the beginning of the country with his familial roots in slavery and sharecropping, through the Civil Rights movement, struggles with addiction, incarceration, and incarceration — a family lineage inseparable from the foundations of the nation.