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Charlene Carruthers (at center) by Sarah-Ji Rhee
Charlene Carruthers, national director of Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100), isn't typically in the spotlight, but her work has been a consistent drumbeat toward, in her own words, "getting freedom and justice for all Black people." BYP100 uses a queer feminist lens, something informed by Carruthers' decade of movement work. The Chicago-based organizer was part of a strong push for the city to release a graphic dashcam video of police shooting Laquan McDonald. She co-organized several major demonstrations against the city's apparent cover-up of the video, leading to the ouster of police superintendent Garry McCarthy. Carruthers also faced police violence herself in 2015: During a late November protest she reported police throwing her to the ground and yanking her hair.
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