Makayla Gilliam-Price

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]