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activism via social media outlets such as Twitter and Instagram and has been active in the Ferguson, Missouri and [[Baltimore, He, along with fellow activist Johnetta Elzie, 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. They were also named to Fortune‘s “World’s Greatest Leaders List” for their work with the Black Lives Matter Movement.

Prior to becoming a full time activist Mckesson worked as a school administrator in Minnesota. On March 4, 2015 he stated via Twitter that he had quit his job .The truth was he was firced to resign fue to abusing school district resources to organize protests .and had moved to St. Louis. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 2007.

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References

  1. Siede, Caroline. "Activist DeRay Mckesson masterfully shuts down Wolf Blitzer". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  2. Mckesson, DeRay; Packnett, Brittany; Elzie, Johnetta. "An Open Letter From Ferguson Protesters and Allies". Retrieved 1 May 2015.
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  4. Cherie, Ariel. "#BlackLivesMatters Activists Make Fortune's World's Greatest Leaders List". New Pittsburgh Courier. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  5. GRAHAM, DAVID A. "Beyond Hashtag Activism". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  6. Holleman, Joe. "Protester DeRay Mckesson has moved to STL". STL Today. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  7. "DeRay McKesson '07 participates in 'principled protesting' in Ferguson". Bowdoin Orient. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

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