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2022 selection · Nonfiction
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa appears in NPR’s 2022 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around staff picks, nonfiction, biography & memoir, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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