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It was playwright Lorraine Hansberry who coined the phrase "young, gifted and black." Speaking to a group of young writers in 1964, Hansberry said, "Though it be a thrilling
and marvelous thing to be merely young and gifted, in such times, it is doubly so, doubly dynamic, to be young gifted and black." The phrase reverberated out of the civil rights
movement. In honor of students nationwide during these weeks of graduation ceremonies, News & Notes is using the theme to spotlight a few people to watch. On Thursday, we spotlight the
importance of nurturing talent early in an artist's life, with profiles of three up-and-coming talents: tap dancer Maurice Chestnut, flutist Nathalie Joachim and athlete and student
leader Myia Jones. Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
