| Makayla Gilliam-Price | |
| Education: | Baltimore City College |
| Occupation: | Social activist |
| Relatives: | Tyrone Delano Gilliam Jr. (uncle) |
Makayla Gilliam-Price is an American social activist who combats racism, police brutality, and school segregation and tracking.
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. He was executed by lethal injection in November that year. 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. She attended a debate camp which helped develop her voice.
Gilliam-Price is a social activist who is interested in combatting racism in multiple sectors including police brutality, school segregation and tracking, and immigration. 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. 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.[4] Gilliam-Price's activism was featured in the 2017 documentary, Baltimore Rising.[5]