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DeRay Mckesson Makes the Case for Hope

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On The Gist, Mike is thinking he’ll vote Andrew Cuomo—but he’s open to you changing his mind.

The 2014 shooting of Michael Brown upheaved many things in the U.S., including the career of DeRay Mckesson, who quit his job as an educator to become a full-time activist. Now he uses his podcast Pod Save the Peopleas a national platform to speak out against police violence and highlight news that flies under the radar. Mckesson’s new memoir is On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope.

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Publisher
The Gist
Series
The Gist
Publication year
2018
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