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DeRay McKesson

Top Ten Articles on Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter made headlines in 2016, with academics, college administrators and college students taking up this banner of anti-police and anti-white privilege on their own college campuses. Here are ten articles from this year on how Black Lives Matter rhetoric made headway at college campuses: High School and George Washington University students held anti-Trump […]

Top Ten Articles on Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter Protesters are Going to the Classroom

Does this worry you, that Black Lives Matter organizers are becoming teachers of America’s future leaders? The group of Black Lives Matter activists who have become educators counts some high-profile members among its ranks. Deray McKesson, prominent in the Ferguson protests, was appointed the interim head of human capital for Baltimore schools in June (before […]

Black Lives Matter Protesters are Going to the Classroom

Dysfunction within Black Lives Matter? Mckesson Endorsed Hillary Clinton, Other Leaders Said No to Endorsements

DeRay Mckesson, a self-appointed leader within the Black Lives Matter activist movement, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. Mic.com reported that Mckesson believed Clinton understands racial injustice and inequality. However, Mic nor Mckesson remembered when Hillary Clinton once said that Americans need to bring black people ‘to heel’. Other leaders, such as Alicia Garza, said that […]

Dysfunction within Black Lives Matter? Mckesson Endorsed Hillary Clinton, Other Leaders Said No to Endorsements

Black Lives Matter Profile: DeRay McKesson

DeRay McKesson, organizer, activist and educator has received attention unheard of for an activist. Having advocated for issues relating to children, youth and families for 15 years, Mckesson rose to fame after leaving his job to move to Missouri and protest after the death of Mike Brown. Ferguson was the first city Mckesson had physically […]

Black Lives Matter Profile: DeRay McKesson