Shaun King is a famous American civil rights writer and activist who became popular through using social media to advocate for social causes. He is notable for the social media thread tagged Black Lives Matter, which advocates against anti-black violence and racism. Additionally, King is also an associate columnist for The Intercept as well as a political commentator for the TYT Network show titled The Young Turks
Is Shaun King white or black? Biography,
The prolific activist was born as Jeffery ShaunKing on September 17, 1979 in Franklin County, Kentucky, United States. He was born to an American mother and an African-American father. There have been a lot of controversies about his ethnicity because of the color of his skin. However, his mother tricked him into thinking his father was a light-skinned black man as he was growing up. Undoubtedly, King is biracial and holds an American citizenship.
Growing up, King was a bright kid and he completed his basic education at Huntertown Elementary School, while also attending Woodford County High School. Shortly after graduation, Shaun King enrolled at Morehouse College, where he majored in history. While there, King received the Oprah Winfrey Scholar Award for Academic Excellence. Shortly after graduating in 2012, he was hired as a research assistant by Alton Hornsby Jr., professor of history at Morehouse.
Career and rise to prominence
After graduating, Shaun served as a high school civics teacher for a year. After that, he became a motivational speaker within the juvenile justice system in Atlanta. In doing so, Shaun became a pastor at Total Grace Christian Center in Georgia. Subsequently, he founded his own church called Courageous Church in 2008. Initially, his church had no members, but through social media, he was able to recruit members for his church. That’s why he was called the pastor of Facebook.
Two years later, Shaun was able to raise $1.5 million to help support those displaced during the Haiti earthquake in 2010. After that, he launched another award-winning website TwitChange.com. Through the site, Shaun and his group have been able to touch many lives. One of their projects was to build an orphanage in Bonneau, Haiti. Surprisingly TwitChange.com was honored with the Mashable Award for Most Creative Social Welfare Campaign.
The activist resigned from his church in 2012 citing issues of stress and disillusionment as the reason for his actions. After his resignation, he founded another charity site called HopeMob.org alongside Chad Kellough. Through the site, Shaun and his partner were able to raise the funds they had used to build their platform on the crowdfunding site. Kickstarter
More so, Shaun, along with Vicent Tuscano and Ray Lee, obtained the US patent rights in 2014, which allowed them to create a subscription-based social media platform called @Upfront. The following year, he authored his first book, The Power of 100. He also joined the New York Daily News as a veteran court writer in the same year, but left the post in 2017. Additionally, he has worked as a political commentator on the TYT network since 2016.
Net worth: How much is Shaun King worth?
The brilliant political activist has been successful since the beginning of his career and he has accumulated enormous wealth for himself. He currently lives a lavish lifestyle and his fortune is said to be in the millions. According to sources, Shaun King’s net worth has been estimated at $2 million. He earns his net worth through his career, salary, and other pursuits.
Who are the parents, brother and wife?
As we mentioned earlier, Shaun King was born to African American parents Jeffrey King and his wife Naomi Kay King. He was raised by a single mother along with his two other brothers – Russ and Jason King. In September 2018, Shaun King revealed that his older brother Jason was kicked in the bucket after suffering from pancreatic cancer. Jason is five years older than Shaun and is also a pastor at Courageous Church in Atlanta. He was married to a lady named Kari Anderson and they had two children, Josiah and Elana.
Shaun, on the other hand, is also a happily married man with five wonderful children. He was attached to his high school sweetheart and the love of his life named Rai King. The two began their relationship several years ago, and in 2001 they attended a wedding ceremony attended by their close friends and family members. Together they have five children, three daughters named Taeyonna, Savannah and Kendi King, and one son, Ezekiel King. Meanwhile, her biological children are three years old and the other two have been adopted.
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