The GW Hatchet
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8th September 2018
Black Lives Matter leader discusses systemic social injustice
A prominent civil rights activist and podcast host spoke at Dorothy Betts Theatre Friday about his new book and addressing racism from a structural standpoint.
DeRay Mckesson, the host of the podcast “Pod Save the People,” spoke to a crowd of about 100 people at the event, which was moderated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch and sponsored by Politics and Prose. Mckesson shared anecdotes from his new book, “On the Other Side of Freedom,” a collection of personal essays ranging in t