Google to feature Seattle teen’s painting inspired by Black hair

A Seattle-area high school student is among five finalists in the national Doodle for Google Contest. Her artwork will be displayed on Google’s homepage on April 28.

Kameirah Johnson, a senior at Lakeside High School in North Seattle, created a digital painting of three Black girls lying in a field surrounded by golden bursts of fireflies. Their hair — puffy and braided — spells “Google.”

Johnson’s work was chosen out of tens of thousands of submissions Google received from students across the country.

Google asked K-12 students to create a drawing that depicts their superpower. For Johnson, that is her “magical” hair…

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