‘Atlanta Is Wakanda’: Nonprofit Meets #BlackPantherChallenge

90.1 WABE, NPR — More than 700 students from about a dozen Atlanta and DeKalb County high schools watched “Black Panther” for free Tuesday. Organizers with an Atlanta nonprofit, the Phoenix Leadership Foundation, rented out the Movie Tavern Northlake and gave students free popcorn, soda and lunch. Drummers in colorful African dashikis and head ties welcomed students to Wakanda as they stepped off charter buses. Wakanda is the fictional African nation in “Black Panther.”  Inside, there were more drummers, dancers and Black Panther in costume ...