His Name Is George Floyd

A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and legacy-from his family's roots in the tobacco fields of North Carolina, to ongoing inequality in housing, education, health care, criminal justice, and policing-telling the singular story of how one man's tragic experience brought about a global movement for change. Robert Samuels is a national political enterprise reporter for the Washington Post who focuses on the intersection of politics, policy and people.

Toluse "Tolu" Olorunnipa is a political enterprise and investigations reporter for the Washington Post.