Johnetta Elzie
Johnetta Elzie | |
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Born | Southeast Missouri State | April 16, 1989
Occupation(s) | Activist, community organizer |
Known for | Ferguson protests |
Johnetta "Netta" Elzie (born April 16, 1989) is an
Early life
Elzie grew up in North County St. Louis, where her mother owned a hair salon.[1] Elzie attended Our Lady of Good Counsel, a private school where she was often the only black student in her class.[2] She then studied journalism[3] in college at Southeast Missouri State.[1]
Civil rights activism
Elzie became involved in activism following the
Elzie has been active in the
The Los Angeles Times has named Elzie to its list of "The new civil rights leaders: Emerging voices in the 21st century." The New York Times profiled Elzie and McKesson as leaders of the group that built "the nation's first 21st-century civil rights movement."[3] In January 2015 The Atlantic named her one of the leaders of the Black Lives Matter Movement.[5]
Elzie uses social media outlets such as Twitter in her activism.
She has been a field organizer for Amnesty International, and has volunteered with a girls' group called the Sophia Project in St. Louis.[9]
Honors
Elzie and McKesson were awarded the
They were also named as two of the 53 people on Fortune's 2015 list of "World’s Greatest Leaders."[11]
See also
- Ferguson unrest
- 2015 Baltimore protests
- Black Lives Matter Movement
References
- ^ a b c Randle, Aaron (March 8, 2016). "Now You See Me: A Look at the World of Activist Johnetta Elzie". Complex. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-316-31247-9.
- ^ a b Kang, Jay Caspan (May 4, 2015). "Our Demand Is Simple: Stop Killing Us". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ Pearce, Matt (22 November 2014). "Women find their voice in Ferguson protest movement". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ a b Berlatsky, Noah (27 January 2015). "The Women of #BlackLivesMatter". The Atlantic. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ Speller, Katherine. "We Spoke With Young People In Baltimore Who Are Organizing Clean Ups And Protesting For Peace". MTV. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ a b Pearce, Matt; Lee, Kurtis (6 March 2015). "The new civil rights leaders: Emerging voices in the 21st century". LA Times. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ Day, Elizabeth (19 July 2015) "#BlackLivesMatter: the birth of a new civil rights movement", The Guardian. Retrieved 9 July 2016
- ^ Berry, Emanuele (January 22, 2015). "MLK Day Clash At Harris-Stowe Leads To Conversation". St. Louis Public Radio. http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/mlk-day-clash-harris-stowe-leads-conversation
- ^ "The Howard Zinn Freedom To Write Award". PEN New England. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ "World's Greatest Leaders". Fortune. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
External links
- Johnetta Elzie on Twitter
- Johnetta Elzie at IMDb
- We The Protesters
- This Is the Movement Archived 2020-07-02 at the Wayback Machine
- FERGUSON FORWARD 'When I close my eyes at night, I see people running from tear gas' at Ebony