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03-22-2016, 01:03 AM
A 10th grader drew this amazing Google Doodle celebrating black culture
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Monday's incredible Google Doodle features a black power fist, an Egyptian ankh, a Black Lives Matter sign and a box braid weaved into the word "Google" — and a high school sophomore drew them all.
Washington, D.C., native Akilah Johnson was an**unced as the 2016 winner of the Doodle 4 Google (https://www.google.com/doodle4google/) national contest on Monday, beating out more than 100,000 entries from around the U.S. Every year, grade school students compete in the contest for a chance to have their artwork featured on the Google homepage.
SEE ALSO: Michelle Obama calls ‘Hamilton' the best art ‘I have ever seen in my life’ (http://mashable.com/2016/03/14/michelle-obama-hamilton/)
In addition to having her winning doodle displayed on Google (https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl), Johnson will*receive (https://www.google.com/doodle4google/prizes.html) a $30,000 college scholarship. Her school, Eastern Senior High School, will also receive a $50,000 Google for Education (https://www.google.com/edu/) grant, which offers tech**logy resources for teachers and students. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/21/google-doodle-akilah-johnson/)
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Monday's incredible Google Doodle features a black power fist, an Egyptian ankh, a Black Lives Matter sign and a box braid weaved into the word "Google" — and a high school sophomore drew them all.
Washington, D.C., native Akilah Johnson was an**unced as the 2016 winner of the Doodle 4 Google (https://www.google.com/doodle4google/) national contest on Monday, beating out more than 100,000 entries from around the U.S. Every year, grade school students compete in the contest for a chance to have their artwork featured on the Google homepage.
SEE ALSO: Michelle Obama calls ‘Hamilton' the best art ‘I have ever seen in my life’ (http://mashable.com/2016/03/14/michelle-obama-hamilton/)
In addition to having her winning doodle displayed on Google (https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl), Johnson will*receive (https://www.google.com/doodle4google/prizes.html) a $30,000 college scholarship. Her school, Eastern Senior High School, will also receive a $50,000 Google for Education (https://www.google.com/edu/) grant, which offers tech**logy resources for teachers and students. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/21/google-doodle-akilah-johnson/)
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