Downtown Atlanta was full of people dressed in a wide variety of costumes this past Labor Day for DragonCon 2017. In this video, the organizers of the “World of Wakanda” photo shoot explain why more Blacks are getting into cosplay and DragonCon.

Dragon Con 2017: Black geek organizers explain cosplay

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