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Grand Rapids teen designs Black History Month shirts with powerful message sold by Meijer
Updated Feb 28, 2021;
Posted Feb 28, 2021
Grand Rapids teen Elijah Brown was tapped by Meijer this month to design Black History Month shirts, which have since been sold at all 220 Meijer stores around the Midwest. (Courtesy photo by West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology)
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Elijah Brown thinks Black history is something that should be honored every single day, not just during the month of February.
That message served as the 16-year-old’s inspiration when he designed Black History Month shirts that are now being sold in hundreds of retail stores across the country.
and last updated 2021-02-12 21:35:06-05
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â A Black History Month t-shirt designed by a Grand Rapids teenager and a professional artist is now in hundreds of Meijer stores across the country.
âItâs not just a piece of art hanging on a wall,â said Jasmine Bruce, one of the t-shirt designers. âItâs able to be on your clothing, and that in and of itself can be able to spread it across for all the people to see that normally wouldnât go to a gallery or even on the Internet at all.â
In November, Bruce and Elijah Brown, a University Preparatory Academy junior, joined with West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology (WMCAT) and Meijer to create and print the shirts.