Pulitzer Prize General Non Fiction Winner
His Name Is George Floyd
by Robert Samuels & Toluse Olorunnipa
Summary
A biography of George Floyd that traces his family from enslavement in North Carolina through the Great Migration to his life and death in Minneapolis. The authors use Floyd's experiences with schools, housing, healthcare, and policing to map the structural realities facing Black Americans across generations. The result is both an intimate portrait and a sweeping argument about the conditions that made his murder a global flashpoint.
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Historical Context & Significance
The authors used Floyd's life to map the entire experience of being Black in America, from failing schools and housing to the criminal justice system.