DeRay Mckesson was born on July 9,1985 and is an American civil rights activist, podcaster, and former school administrator.
20 Facts About DeRay Mckesson
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DeRay Mckesson is currently part of Crooked Media and hosts Pod Save the People.
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On February 3,2016, DeRay Mckesson announced his candidacy in the 2016 Baltimore mayoral election.
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DeRay Mckesson is the author of On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope, a memoir about his life and time as a Black Lives Matter organizer.
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DeRay Mckesson was an organizer in Baltimore City as a teenager, notably as the Chairman of Youth As Resources, Baltimore's youth-led grant-making organization.
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DeRay Mckesson then went on to Bowdoin College, where he was president of the student government.
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DeRay Mckesson graduated in 2007 with a degree in government and legal studies.
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DeRay Mckesson later worked as special assistant in the office of human capital with the Baltimore City Public Schools, for the Harlem's Children's Zone, and as a human resources official at Minneapolis Public Schools.
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DeRay Mckesson has been criticized by some public education advocates for his involvement in Teach for America and for his support for charter schools.
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DeRay Mckesson first drove from Minneapolis to Ferguson on August 16,2014.
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DeRay Mckesson began spending all his weekends and vacations in St Louis.
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On March 4,2015, DeRay Mckesson announced via Twitter that he had quit his job at Minneapolis Public Schools and had moved to St Louis.
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In June 2015, DeRay Mckesson was the focus of a Twitter campaign while he was in Charleston, South Carolina to protest the Charleston church shooting.
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In February 2016, DeRay Mckesson announced his candidacy for Mayor of Baltimore just before the filing deadline.
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On July 9,2016, in the aftermath of the shooting of Alton Sterling, DeRay Mckesson took part in a protest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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DeRay Mckesson was released the next day after being charged with obstruction of a roadway, and charges were later dropped.
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In 2016, DeRay Mckesson appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to have a dialogue about race and education.
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DeRay Mckesson voted for Bernie Sanders in the primary of the 2016 election, and voted for Hillary Clinton in the general election.
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In 2017, DeRay Mckesson launched the Pod Save the People podcast, discussing news, culture, social justice, and politics with co-hosts Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Samuel Sinyangwe, Dr Clint Smith, and guests.
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In 2018, a portrait of DeRay Mckesson was created for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.