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DeRay Mckesson

Acting

Born July 9, 1985 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Biography

DeRay Mckesson is an American civil rights activist, podcaster, and former school administrator. 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.

Awards & recognition

  • Shuttleworth Foundation Flash Grant · 2015

Filmography7 titles

The Smell of Money

2023Executive Producer

Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself

2020as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

I Love You, America

as Self

Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement

2016as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014as Self

Chelsea

2016as Self

For All Humankind

2023as Self