DeRay Mckeeson

In what is sure to be a welcomed endeavor, social activist and #BlackLivesMatter frontman DeRay McKesson has just announced his first book deal, which is set for a fall 2018 release. https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/963830718148292609 With his fierce and consistent social activism and huge following, it was the likely next step that DeRay McKesson transitioned into writing a […]

  Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson has announced publicly that he is backing Hillary Clinton for president. In an op-ed with The Washington Post, DeRay explained his reasoning, even citing Shirley Chisholm, social injustice, his fight in cities like St. Louis and Baltimore, the end of the federal government’s “Equitable Sharing Program,” and more. […]

BLM, BLACK ACTIVISTS THROW SUPPORT TO HILLARY PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Six months into Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, she met with a group of Black Lives Matter activists in Washington to make her case and seek their support. DeRay Mckesson left disappointed, feeling Clinton lacked a grasp of the issues he had spent the previous year […]

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson sued the city of Baton Rouge and police officials on Thursday, saying officers responded in a “militarized and aggressive manner” in arresting him and other people protesting a police shooting death. Mckesson was among nearly 200 protesters arrested in Baton Rouge following the July […]