Cynthia McKinney is an international peace and human rights activist, noted for her inconvenient truth-telling about the U.S.war machine.
She was held for seven days in an Israeli prison after attempting to enter Gaza by sea and traveled to Libya during U.S. bombing and witnessed the crimes against humanity committed against that country's people. In addition to Libya, she has traveled to Cuba, Syria, Russia, Iran, Pakistan, and as she puts it: “Wherever U.S. Bombs are dropping or U.S. sanctions are biting.”
McKinney served six terms in the United States House of Representatives. She was the first African American woman elected to represent Georgia in the House.
In 2008, she ran for president of the United States as she the presidential nominee for the Green Party.
McKinney earned a B.A. in international relations from the University of Southern California in 1978 and an M.A. in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in 1979.
In 2015, McKinney completed her dissertation on the transformational leadership of Hugo Chavez and was awarded a Ph.D. in Leadership and Change by Antioch University.
McKinney in 2006 questioning Donald Rumsfeld on Pentagon contracts to companies known for human trafficking. She also questions him on the missing trillions.
