Collins-Dexter held a B.A. in history from Agnes Scott College,and a J.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. In the early 2000s,she lived in London,UK for a couple years.[6] She worked at MediaJustice and Safer Foundation in Illinois.[7] She was Senior Campaign Director of Media,Culture and Economic Justice at Color of Change.[8][9] At Color of Change,she led a number of campaigns including getting The O’Reilly Factor off the air and getting R. Kelly dropped from RCA.[10][11] She was also one of the leaders in getting Facebook to undergo a civil rights audit.[12][13]
She testified in Congress on numerous occasions,[14][15] including in front of the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce on issues such as disinformation[16] and consumer privacy.[17] She wrote numerous articles on issues including cryptocurrency,retail theft,and surveillance,including in Essence[18] and Wired.[19] She was a Public Voices Fellow on Technology in the Public Interest from 2023-2024,an initiative of The OpEd Project funded by the Macarthur Foundation.[20] In 2022,she published her debut essay collection Black Skinhead:Reflections on Blackness and Our Political Future.[21][22][23][24][25]
On June 25,2025,[27] Collins-Dexter died of cancer,[28] The United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry announced plans to give her a posthumous award for work in public interest media.[29]
She is survived by her mother Hettie L. Collins,husband David Dexter,her brother,Kenneth R. Collins,and sisters Erica M Collins and Semaj C. Douglas.
Books
Collins-Dexter, Brandi (2022). Black skinhead: reflections on Blackness and our political future. New York: Celadon Books. ISBN9781250824110.
↑ Breland, Ali; McCabe, David; Neidig, Harper; Uchill, Joe; Williams, Katie (8 February 2017). "16 people to watch in tech". The Hill. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
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