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2016-01-01 |
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| Name | DeRay Mckesson |
| Address | 1104 Bryn Mawr Rd
Baltimore, Maryland , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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July 07, 1985
(38 years)
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
May 25, 2016 10:10pm |
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| Info | DeRay Mckesson is an American civil rights activist. He is a member of the Black Lives Matter Movement, which organizes protests that center on African-American people. Mckesson is known for his activism via social media outlets such as Twitter and Instagram and has been active in the 2014 Ferguson, Missouri and 2015 Baltimore, Maryland protests.
Mckesson has also participated in discussions and has written for the Huffington Post. He, along with fellow activist Johnetta Elzie and WeTheProtestors.org, launched “Mapping Police Violence", which collected data on people killed by police during 2014. Mckesson and Elzie were awarded the Howard Zinn Freedom to Write Award in 2015 for their activism.
On February 3, 2016, Mckesson announced that he was a candidate in the 2016 Baltimore mayoral election.
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