Young, Gifted & Black

From The Atlantic - 

'What It Means to Be Young, Talented, and Black'

• EMILY ANNE EPSTEIN
 
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Sophia Nahli Allison defines her photography essay, Marching Together, by what it’s not. “This is not a story about an underfunded program or urban youth succeeding in band as a way to escape violence,” she said. Her images of Hillside High School’s award-wining marching band captures the students’ determination  and ambition, while simultaneouslycounteracting the stereotypically negative representation of black teens. They want to go to college. They want to win. This, she said, “is a visual exploration of what it means to be young, talented, and black.”

http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/12/marching-together/419955/?utm_source=atl-daily-newsletter