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 […]
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 […]
From Mic: Two prominent activists associated with the Movement for Black Lives publicly endorsed democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, signaling a split between the network’s radical and more moderate members. With less than two weeks until election day, DeRay Mckesson, one of the most prominent figures in the Black Lives Matter movement, and Brittany Packnett, […]
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 […]
The Daily Caller has a great write-up on a leaked transcript of the meeting between several Black Lives Matter activists, such as DeRay Mckesson, and Hillary Clinton: The October 2015 meeting was kept under wraps by the Clinton campaign, who withheld a list of attendees or quotes from the meeting. The day of the meeting […]
The Clinton campaign met with several Black Lives Matter activists on October 9, 2015, but did not name who they met with. One of the invited attendees, DeRay Mckesson, posted a tweet and two pictures of the meeting and tagged others who attended. Why the secrecy? Only recently did we learn what happened in the […]
From the College Fix: This past Saturday, Black Lives Matter bigwig DeRay Mckesson spoke at an event co-sponsored by the San Diego State School of Journalism and Media Studies. No stranger to controversy or the limelight, Mckesson upped “the radical ante” toward the end of his talk when he said “he cannot think of an […]
Bring out the popcorn! Democratic Party officials instruct others to pacify the Black Lives Matter activists, without making concrete promises and measures, and that e-mail memo was leaked by Guccifer, a known hacker. The Nov. 9 memo by former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee staffer Troy Perry advised candidates and campaign staff to walk a fine […]
This from our friends at Accuracy in Academia’s Faculty Lounge blog: Activist Mckesson is now a politics fellow at the University of Chicago. Talk about a nice gig for an activist: The perpetual blue vest-wearing activist will “lead a seminar series focused on social justice, social media, and organizing [which] are part of a larger […]
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 […]