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Amanda Ali, a student at Miami Northwestern Senior High School who acted in the movie "Moonlight," speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Kamal Ani-Bello, a student at Miami Northwestern Senior High School who acted in the movie "Moonlight," speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, in Miami. “The best thing about this movie is they actually went into the projects and shot it, and they let kids from around Liberty City be in it,” said Ani-Bello. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Larry Anderson, a Miami Northwestern Senior High School student who acted in the movie "Moonlight," speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, in Miami. Director Barry Jenkins “came from the same grounds I came from, from the same city,” said Anderson. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Larry Anderson, left, and Kamal Ani-Bello, both Miami Northwestern Senior High School students who acted in the movie "Moonlight," speak during an interview with The Associated Press, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, in Miami. Director Barry Jenkins “came from the same grounds I came from, from the same city,” said Anderson. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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A sign outside the entrance to the David Posnack Jewish Community Center and David Posnack Jewish Day School is shown after people were evacuated because of a bomb threat, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, in Davie, Fla. Jewish centers and schools across the nation are coping with another wave of bomb threats as officials in Philadelphia begin raising money to repair and restore hundreds of vandalized headstones at a Jewish cemetery. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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FILE - In this March 27, 2007, file photo, a group of students play with the reflective mylar pillows floating in the "Silver Clouds" installation room at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
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This Feb. 17, 2017 photo shows St. Benedict the Moor Church with a black figure of the saint, arms outstretched, atop the church in the Hill District of Pittsburgh. Playwright August Wilson spent his childhood in the neighborhood and attended Catholic schools. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz)
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In this Feb. 16, 2017 photo, elementary school girls get out of school in Kiryas Joel, N.Y. Followers of Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum began coming here from Brooklyn in the 1970s, hoping to create the sort of cohesive community some recalled from Europe, with large families a big part of it. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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In this Feb. 16, 2017 photo, girls wait to board school buses at a Jewish elementary school in Kiryas Joel, N.Y. The Hasidic village northwest of New York City is increasingly crowded. Efforts by village leaders to expand its borders are now being fought in court. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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In this Feb. 16, 2017 photo, mothers wait to pick up their children from a Hasidic kindergarten in Kiryas Joel, N.Y. The increasingly crowded village northwest of New York City is looking to expand its borders. The efforts are being fought in court. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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In this Feb. 24, 2017 photo, Midshipmen boxers wait for their matches during the U.S. Naval Academy's Brigade Boxing Championships in Annapolis, Md. A Naval Academy tradition since 1865, today all Midshipmen are required to participate in the sport as part of their physical education. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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FILE--In this Nov. 14, 2016, file photo, Portland Public School students walk out of schools and converge on Pioneer Courthouse Square for a protest against the results of last week's presidential election. Almost 800 teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17 have participated in a first-of-its-kind Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs poll on teens' social media use, political views and political outlook. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP)
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FILE--In this Nov. 14, 2016, file photo, Portland Public School students walk out of schools and converge on Pioneer Courthouse Square for a protest against the results of last week's presidential election. Almost 800 teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17 have participated in a first-of-its-kind Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs poll on teens' social media use, political views and political outlook. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP)
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FILE--In this Nov. 14, 2016, file photo, Portland Public School students walked out of schools and converge on Pioneer Courthouse Square for a protest against the results of last week's presidential election. Almost 800 teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17 have participated in a first-of-its-kind Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs poll on teens' social media use, political views and political outlook. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP)
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Central Florida guard Matt Williams, center, is lifted by players and students at center court after defeating Cincinnati 53-49 during an NCAA college basketball game in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay)
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Maryland guard Melo Trimble drives the ball in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Iowa, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**
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In this Feb. 22, 2017 photo, New Trier High School Superintendent Linda Yonke and Assistant Superintendent Tim Hayes, pose at the schools Northfield campus, in Northfield, Ill. The school is holding a daylong seminar on civil rights designed to help students in the largely white and affluent school see things from other perspectives on Feb. 28, 2017. Conservative groups and some parents have raised concerns about the tone being too liberal. (AP Photo/Sophia Tareen)
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In this Feb. 20, 2017 photo, Iliana Mora and Amanda Nugent hand out signs and buttons in support of an upcoming all-school seminar on civil rights at New Trier High School before a school board meeting at the school's Northfield campus in Northfield, Ill. The school is holding a daylong seminar on civil rights designed to help students in the largely white and affluent school see things from other perspectives on Feb. 28. Conservative groups and some parents have raised concerns about the tone being too liberal. (Brian O'Mahoney/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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In this Feb. 22, 2017 photo, New Trier High School parent Betsy Hart, poses at a coffee shop in Evanston, Ill. The school is holding a daylong seminar on civil rights designed to help students in the largely white and affluent school see things from other perspectives on Feb. 28, 2017. Hart is among a small group of parents opposed to the school's seminar that they say doesn't include enough diverse perspectives. (AP Photo/Sophia Tareen)
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Dancers from the Mancha Verde samba school perform on a float during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
