Robert Samuels, co-author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice (Viking/Penguin Random House, 2022), will deliver the first Lowell Humanities Series lecture of the semester on September 13 in Robsham Theater at 7 p.m. His Name is George Floyd is a landmark biography by Samuels and co-author Toluse Olorunnipa that is a poignant exploration of how one man’s tragic experience brought about a global movement for change. Drawn on more than 400 interviews, His Name is George Floyd reveals how systemic racism shaped 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. His Name is George Floyd was a finalist for a National Book Award, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the J. Anthony Lukas Prize. Samuels is a staff writer for the New Yorker. He previously spent 12 years as a reporter for The Washington Post, traveling to 41 states and three countries, chronicling how political discussions in the nation’s capital affect the lives of everyday Americans. Samuels’ lecture is co-sponsored by the Boston College Forum on Racial Justice in America and the African and African Diaspora Studies Program. Please RSVP at bit.ly/lhs-robertsamuels to reserve seating.