Your Own Personal Yeezus

It has been nearly a year since the death of Freddie Gray, the Baltimore man whose death in police custody set off days of street protests that turned violent. Since then, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, the city’s mayor, decided against a re-election bid, leaving a vacancy that’s drawn more than a dozen Democrat candidates.

Among them is DeRay Mckesson, perhaps the most visible member of the Black Lives Matter movement. Since leaving a high-profile education job, Mckesson has amassed hundreds of thousands of loyal Twitter followers attracted to his brand of activism.

But, like other BLM activists around the country, Mckesson has had trouble translating his online fame into a foothold in political office, even in a year that’s seen success from other outsider candidates across the ideological spectrum.

Despite Steep Odds, DeRay Mckesson Draws Lessons From Mayoral Bid

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