Malcolm London

Malcolm London is an American poet, educator, "artivist" and musician.

Early life London was born in 1993 and grew up in the west side of Chicago in Austin. He first started writing poems at age 12. London was the co-chair of the Chicago chapter of the Black Youth Project 100 and has done service for Chicago Public Schools.

Police Encounters In 2015, London was arrested at a protest against the murder of Laquan McDonald. London was a leader in the Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100), a group that helped organize the protests. London suffered a broken finger and filed a lawsuit with the Westside Justice Center.

Sexual Assaults In late 2015 a woman named Kyra published an open letter on Facebook alleging that she was sexually assaulted by Malcolm London in her sleep three years prior. After her account went public, she expressed interest in a community accountability process with London, as the court process that followed past reports had been "equally as traumatizing as the assault itself”. The community accountability (CA) process ended after 15 months after “the goals that had been set for the process were met”. In 2020, London was accused of raping a young woman in 2018. Subsequently, the survivor from the 2015 community accountability process, Kyra, and one of the facilitators, Mariame Kaba, posted public comments expressing their sorrow, anger, and disappointment that London had continued to harm people. leading to Chicago Public Schools suspending its partnership with Young Chicago Authors in March 2021. This led to investigations by Chicago Reader that chronicled over 20 years of survivors' accounts of abuse by predators affiliated with YCA.