teen protest project

"We don’t sit under our roofs and wait for the storm to die down. We walk into it."

As a Black woman, I have the constant feeling that we're standing alone in this movement, battling both racism and sexism.

The latest in our teen series on the recent wave of protests against racist police violence.

What is the right way for you to understand the plight the vast majority of Black Americans experience daily due to police brutality and an unfair justice system?

With hundreds of photos from the recent protests, we asked New York City teens to choose one that resonated with them, and write about it. Here is a piece from Tevelle Taylor, a 17-year-old from Brooklyn.