What is DeRay Mckesson?
[[File:DeRay Mckesson - Collision 2024 (53802693171) (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''DeRay Mckesson''' (born July 9, 1985) is an American [[civil rights]] activist, [[Podcast|podcaster]], and former [[school administrator]].<ref name=nytmag>{{cite news |title='Our Demand Is Simple: Stop Killing Us'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/magazine/our-demand-is-simple-stop-killing-us.html |first=Jay Caspian |last=Kang |work=The New York Times Magazine |date=May 4, 2015 |access-date=February 23, 2016}}</ref> He is a founding supporter of the [[Black Lives Matter]] movement. He has been active in the protests in [[Ferguson unrest|Ferguson, Missouri]], and [[2015 Baltimore protests|Baltimore, Maryland]] and on [[social media]] such as [[Twitter]] and [[Instagram]]. Mckesson has also written for ''[[HuffPost]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mckesson |first1=DeRay |last2=Packnett |first2=Brittany |last3=Elzie |first3=Johnetta |title=An Open Letter From Ferguson Protesters and Allies |date=November 18, 2014 |work=[[HuffPost]] |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/deray-mckesson/an-open-letter-from-fergu_b_6174602.html |access-date=February 23, 2016}}</ref> and ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/09/ferguson-civil-rights-movement-deray-mckesson-protest | title = Ferguson and beyond: how a new civil rights movement began – and won't end| date = 2015-08-09| newspaper = The Guardian| language = en-GB| issn = 0261-3077| access-date = 2016-02-25}}</ref> On February 3, 2016, Mckesson announced his candidacy in the for [[Mayor of Baltimore|Mayor]] of Baltimore He finished with 3,445 votes (2.6%) placing sixth in the Democratic Party primary on April 26.<ref name=mayor>{{cite web|last1=Broadwater|first1=Luke|title=DeRay Mckesson files to run in Baltimore mayoral race|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-md-ci-filing-deadline-20160203-story.html|work=Baltimore Sun|date=February 3, 2016|access-date=February 23, 2016}}</ref> Mckesson was born in [[Baltimore,