His name is George Floyd

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The murder of George Floyd sparked a fiery summer of activism and unrest all over the world in 2020, with peaceful protests sometimes erupting into violent clashes. From Shetland to Sao Paolo, from Honolulu to Hobart, people marched under the Black Lives Matter banner, decrying Floyd’s death and demanding an end to racial injustice. Drawing on The Washington Post’s unrivalled archives, in-depth reporting and award-winning series on Floyd, ‘His Name Is George Floyd’ is a definitive biography that dives deep into the myriad ways that structural racism shaped Floyd’s life and death.