# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/deray-mckesson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:07:34.552Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/deray-mckesson"
name: "DeRay Mckesson"
slug: "deray-mckesson"
description: "DeRay Mckesson is an American civil rights activist, progressive 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. He has also written for HuffPost and The Guardian. Along with Johnetta Elzie, Brittany Packnett, and Samuel Sinyangwe, Mckesson launched Campaign Zero, a policy platform to end police violence. He is currently part of Crooked Media and hosts Pod Save the People."
tagline: "American activist"
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gender: "male"
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "activist"
birthDate: "1985-07-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 243
platforms:
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    title: "ديراي مكيسون"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump