Shaun King, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Shaun King

American writer and civil rights activist

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1979

Place of Birth: Franklin County, Kentucky, United States

Profession: writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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Jeffery Shaun King (born September 17, 1979) is an American writer, civil rights activist, and co-founder of Real Justice PAC.
King is known for his use of social media to promote social justice causes, including the Black Lives Matter movement. King was raised in Kentucky and attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.
While at Morehouse, King was elected President of the student government association and was awarded the Oprah Winfrey Scholarship.After college, he worked as a high school teacher in Atlanta.
He then went on to work as a pastor and founded a church in Atlanta called Courageous Church.
During this time, King launched a number of internet campaigns, such as aHomeinHaiti.org, TwitChange.com, and HopeMob.org. King is currently a writer-in-residence at Harvard Law School’s Fair Punishment Project and contributes to the Tom Joyner Morning Show, The Intercept and The Appeal.
Previously, he contributed to the New York Daily News, Daily Kos, and The Young Turks.
In 2018, King co-founded Real Justice PAC, which supports progressive candidates running for district attorney offices, and re-launched Frederick Douglass's The North Star.