I picked "Lift Your Voice: How My Nephew George Floyd's Murder Changed The World" by Angela Harrelson with Michael Levin for our July 2022 book pick. We recently featured the book in the Southwest Connector and Longfellow Nokomis Messenger (https://www.swconnector.com/stories/a-voice-for-justice,5577?), and I'd like to support this local author.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Angela Harrelson, George Floyd’s aunt and closest relative in
Minnesota, tells the behind-the-scenes story of George’s family—how he
lived and why he died—and how the world can find a solution to racism
through his death.
Angela Harrelson grew up poor, one of
thirteen brothers and sisters raised in a shack in the North Carolina
woods. She was first in her family to go to college, first to be
commissioned in the military, and first to have a career as a
professional nurse. Along the way, she and her family were exposed to
the harshest forms of racism—from her childhood riding the school bus
with white children who made the Black kids stand, to racist commanding
officers in the Air Force who told her they wanted her to fail.
Nothing
stopped Angela, and nothing removed the hope in her heart that America
could learn to stop hating people based on the color of their skin. This
is the story of George Floyd’s aunt, Angela Harrelson, and how, after
being suddenly thrust into the spotlight, she went on a quest to make
sure her nephew did not die in vain.
Lift Your Voice is a
memoir of faith, hope, and bravery, of what we all—Black and white—need
to do to eradicate racism from our society. It’s a story of tragic loss
and a worldwide uprising to ensure Perry’s death ushers society into a
time where people are no longer judged, hated, or killed because of the
color of their skin.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Angela Harrelson is a registered nurse living and working in
Minneapolis. She is George Floyd’s aunt and his closest relative in
Minnesota.
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