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Packnett Cunningham was born on November 12, 1984, to Ronald Broadnox Packnett, an ordained Baptist minister in St. Louis, and his wife Gwendolyn. [7] She graduated from John Burroughs School, then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in African-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in secondary education from American University.
DeRay Mckesson (born July 9, 1985) is an American civil rights activist, podcaster, and former school administrator. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] An early supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement, he has been active in the protests in Ferguson, Missouri , and Baltimore, Maryland and on social media outlets such as Twitter and Instagram. [ 2 ]
The campaign's planning team includes Brittany Packnett, Samuel Sinyangwe, DeRay Mckesson, and Johnetta Elzie. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The activists who produced the proposals did so in response to critics who asked them to make specific policy proposals. [ 3 ]
Nearly eight years after it was filed, the vexatious lawsuit against protester DeRay Mckesson has been dismissed with prejudice. Louisiana Federal Court Affirms the Right To Peacefully Protest ...
The justices rejected an appeal from DeRay Mckesson in a case that stems from a 2016 protest over the police killing of a Black man in Baton Rouge. At an earlier stage of the case, the high court ...
Rejecting an appeal brought by Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson, the Supreme Court skipped deciding whether the leader of a demonstration can be sued for an injury to a police officer ...
The post The lawsuit against DeRay Mckesson would have a chilling effect on the right to protest appeared first on TheGrio. OPINION: A recent ruling says a police officer can sue the activist for ...
Jamil Smith of The New York Times praised the coverage of systemic racism and the detail of the human players, and described the book as having "deep reporting"; he concluded the book is "an able introduction".