Summer Reading Contest Winner Week 1: On ‘I’m a Black American. I Had to Get Out.’

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Summer Reading Contest Winner Week 1: On ‘I’m a Black American. I Had to Get Out.’

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Ula Ekmecic, 16, from Roosevelt High School in Seattle chose an Opinion essay headlined “I’m a Black American.

All my friends have to do is re-curate their Instagram feeds.

Since the outcry following the murder of George Floyd and the resurgence of Black Lives Matter to the forefront of news, social media, and daily conversation, I have seen people come together for humanity in a way I have never before.

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