Makayla Gilliam-Price

Makayla Gilliam-Price
EducationBaltimore City College
OccupationSocial activist
RelativesTyrone Delano Gilliam Jr. (uncle)

Makayla Gilliam-Price is an American social activist who combats racism, police brutality, and school segregation and tracking.

Life

Gilliam-Price was born to Zelda and John.[1] As an infant in 1998, she attended protests with her parents against her uncle Tyrone Delano Gilliam Jr.'s death sentence.[1] He was executed by lethal injection in November that year.[1] Gilliam-Price graduated from Baltimore City College in 2016.[2] While in high school, she co-founded City Bloc, a grassroots organization.[3] She also led a school walkout to protest arming school resource officers.[3] She attended a debate camp which helped develop her voice.[3]

Gilliam-Price is a social activist who is interested in combatting racism in multiple sectors including police brutality, school segregation and tracking, and immigration.[3] In October 2015, after the killing of Freddie Gray, Gilliam-Price was among the group that was arrested as part of a sit-in protest at the Baltimore City Hall.[2][3] In January 2016, her blog post calling out Victor Gearhart, a high-ranked Baltimore police officer and Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police vice president, for his racist tweets led to his removal and reassignment.[3][4] Gilliam-Price's activism was featured in the 2017 documentary, Baltimore Rising.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Zirin, Dave (2015-05-01). "Makayla Gilliam-Price and Baltimore's Debt to a Remarkable Family". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  2. ^ a b Owens, Donna M. (2016-06-03). "#BaltimoreChangeMakers: Meet Makayla Gilliam-Price". NBC News. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Brown, Emma (February 2, 2016). "This 17-year-old is a rising voice in Baltimore's Black Lives Matter movement". Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  4. ^ "Commissioner Davis, FOP condemn BPD lieutenant for controversial tweets [UPDATED]". Baltimore Sun. 2016-01-26. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  5. ^ Matthews, Nadine (2017-11-28). "Young activist in 'Baltimore Rising' says documentary helps to reclaim the narrative". Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. Retrieved 2023-07-05.