As an activist, Camille Bennett has experienced everything from death threats, violent online messages, and intimidation attempts after starting her campaign to remove a Confederate statue in her hometown of Florence, Alabama. A white pastor suggested that someone wire her mouth shut and a white motorist sped towards her while participating in a racial justice march and yelled, “Get the f–out the way,” according to The 43-year-old recalled being the only Black speaker during an LGBTQ Pride event in 2017. While there, she was taunted and heckled by five Ku Klux Klansmen (KKK) in hoods and robes. “I was terrified. I was extremely intimidated,” Bennett said. “The work brings me an immense sense of joy. I don’t let the threats define me.”